The general public's understanding of cardiac arrests is often based on TV or movies, but the reality is very different. Survival rates are much lower than you might imagine - and can var...

Charlotte Huff · Mosaic Science 20 Aug 2019

Global Health

Are you sleeping enough? This infographic shows how you compare to the rest of the world

A survey of more than 11,000 adults from 12 countries has revealed that the world is not getting enough sleep, which is leading to heart disease, depression and obesity.

Ashley Viens · Visual Capitalist 16 Aug 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

Breaking the silence: the journalists fighting to turn up the volume on climate change coverage

Our impact on the environment has been seen as a “ratings killer” by some in the media. But a new project is calling on mainstream organizations to ramp up coverage of the issue.

Rosamond Hutt 12 Aug 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

This submerged temple in Thailand has been exposed again - by drought

Thousands have flocked to see the lost temple of Wat Nong Bua Yai in Thailand, after it was exposed following severe drought.

Prapan Chankaew · Reuters 12 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Food from thin air, climate tipping points and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: why lesser-known cities can be better for careers but also why children born in big cities earn more later.

Adrian Monck 09 Aug 2019

Workforce and Employment

Nine things that will kill your career

To ruin your career show complacency, ego, negativity and a fear of change.

Dr Travis Bradberry · LinkedIn 08 Aug 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

This is why rising share prices encourage consumer spending

County-level data on U.S. stock market holdings suggest that rising share prices induce consumer spending, which raises employment and wages. This is known as the wealth effect.

Anna Louie Sussman · NBER Digest 08 Aug 2019

Book Club

Toni Morrison: 10 quotes you should know

The Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88 - leaving behind a body of literature. Here are 10 of her most thought-provoking quotes.

Kate Whiting 07 Aug 2019

Cities and Urbanization

Swiss Cheese concrete can help beat the heat

Special permeable concrete pavement can help reduce the “urban heat island effect” that causes cities to sizzle in the summer, according to a new study.

Todd Bates · Futurity 06 Aug 2019

Social Media

Nearly a third of the globe is now on Facebook - chart of the day

From its inception in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has rocketed to 2.4 billion users around the world in 15 years.

Joe Myers 05 Aug 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

Why you're unhappy, obsolete cybersecurity and other top stories of the week

Also read about Earth Overshoot Day and how your phone might be tracking you and selling your data while you sleep.

Adrian Monck 02 Aug 2019

Future of Economic Progress

There's a gap between what experts say and what we see around us. Can we close it?

To measure the economy, we need to develop datasets and tools to examine the factors that determine what matters for people and the places in which they live.

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Martine Durand, and Jean-Paul Fitoussi · VoxEU 02 Aug 2019

Arts and Culture

Meet Cipta: the comic book hero using her powers to tackle bullying in schools

Here’s the winning entry in a UNICEF competition that asked young people to create a superhero to raise awareness of a global issue.

Douglas Broom 31 Jul 2019

Book Club

One of this year's Booker Prize nominees is just a 1,000-page long sentence

Ducks, Newburyport, by Lucy Ellman is 426,100 words long - but just a single sentence. The cover art features a quote from the Evening Standard, who describes reading Ellman's work as "li...

Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz · Quartz 31 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Some of the most exciting fossil discoveries ever have come out of this site in Nova Scotia

Coastal erosion at Joggins Cliffs in Canada's Nova Scotia is revealing previously undiscovered animals.

Hillary Maddin · The Conversation 31 Jul 2019

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