From liking a post of your friend's dog, to seeing injustice videos that rile you, social media is full of quick gratification. But it could be undermining our ability to engage with info...

Mosharraf Zaidi · The News International 02 Dec 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

The age of influence: why digital platforms must come clean about political ads

Targeted advertising on social media platforms is warping democracy – being transparent about where it comes from is the first step towards an even playing field.

Marcus Burke 29 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution redefines the economy, no more 'shareholders first' and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's stories: why the world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change and the 5 ways to swim as part of a 'liquid workforce'.

Adrian Monck 29 Nov 2019

Human Rights

Mobile theatres in rural India are screening a child slavery film to raise awareness

Jhalki follows a nine-year-old girl trying to find her younger brother after their parents unwittingly sell him to a trafficker.

Roli Srivastava · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 29 Nov 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

Forget passwords, make unicorns pay and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: recycling isn't circular and how to save Venice.

Adrian Monck 22 Nov 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

The dry Amazon, protecting privacy in China and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: how to fight cybercrime and why scientists underestimated climate change for so long.

Adrian Monck 15 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

How volcanoes can teach us a thing or two about renewable energy

Rare metals such as neodymium, niobium and dysprosium that are essential to the production of wind turbines and electric cars, are mines from volcanoes.

William Hutchison, Anouk Borst, and Adrian Finch · The Conversation 11 Nov 2019

Climate Change

If we win the climate war, empowering 8 billion minds and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: the world needs systems leaders, how to make the gig economy fair and meet the air taxi.

Adrian Monck 08 Nov 2019

Emerging Technologies

The top soft skill, the circular economy in 2030 and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: the best and worst countries in which to be a woman and how climate science went mainstream.

Adrian Monck 01 Nov 2019

Climate Change

What will happen in Davos, better scorekeeping can save us and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's reads: what's the broken rung for women, the world's 10 most innovative economies and what's virtual societal warfare.

Adrian Monck 25 Oct 2019

Future of Economic Progress

The burnout pandemic, our Asianized world and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's reads: Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize, Singapore is the world's most open and competitive economy, and how we can save the Arctic.

Adrian Monck 18 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

These are the two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk have both been honoured this year, after a controversy meant the 2018 prize was postponed.

Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard · Reuters 11 Oct 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

The most competitive economies, blockchain traps and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: highlights from the India Economic Summit 2019 and everything you need to know about plastics.

Adrian Monck 11 Oct 2019

Gender Parity

What AI reads about women, pity Canada & Switzerland and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up, read opinions on climate change by country, India's $6 trillion opportunity and the world's biggest diaspora.

Adrian Monck 04 Oct 2019

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