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Social Media

This UK scheme wants girls to fill their social media feeds with positive role models

Teenage girls with diverse and inspiring influences have higher career aspirations and a healthier approach to the online world, finds a new report.

04 Nov 2019

European Union

From start-up to scale: This is how governments can accelerate innovation and build inclusive economies

Scaling up breakthrough innovations will be key to addressing some of the biggest challenges we face. Here’s how governments can help.

04 Nov 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

From fishing village to futuristic metropolis: Dubai’s remarkable transformation

Dubai has molded itself into a global business hub – this is how it rose out of the desert.

01 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

World’s highest spring clean operation in Everest turned up 10 tonnes of trash

There’s a growing market for items made from upcycled Everest waste.

31 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This country planted 10 million trees in Uganda

A rainforest scheme in Uganda, funded by the Welsh government, has reached a major milestone.

28 Oct 2019

Gender Parity

Here's how the EU is doing on gender equality

Women and men are most equal when it comes to wealth and health - but there’s still a huge gap when it comes to power.

28 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Emissions of the most powerful greenhouse gas are rising rapidly

The widely used sulphur hexafluoride is thousands of times more potent than CO2 and its use is increasing.

24 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This Hungarian man quit his job to clean up his favourite river

In three months, Bence Pardy has filled more than 450 sacks with old plastic he has collected by hand.

18 Oct 2019

Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development

イングランドとスコットランドを結ぶ、1300kmのサイクリングロード開設

オフロードのアップダウンや森トレイル、運河沿いの道など、ピーク・ディストリクト国立公園からジョン・オ・グローツまで総距離1,300km近くに及ぶサイクリングロードが、イギリスでアドベンチャーを楽しむサイクリストを待っています。新しく開設されたグレートノーストレイルはイングランドとスコットランドを途切れることなくつなぐルートで、サイクリストに地方への道を開放します。イギリス...

02 Oct 2019

Ageing

Elderly people make up a third of Japan’s population – and it’s reshaping the country

An increasing number of old people is changing Japan’s population dynamics.

17 Sep 2019

Water

Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis

Cape Town's water crisis was avoided when the community pulled together.

23 Aug 2019

Sustainable Development

Paris is opening the world's largest urban rooftop farm

Crops will be grown vertically without soil and using rainwater, providing the city with a tonne of food a day.

23 Aug 2019

Behavioural Sciences

10 of Albert Einstein's best quotes

The wisdom of the world’s most famous scientist.

05 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Chart of the day: Is 2019 the beginning of the end for coal in Europe?

Renewables are slowly taking the place of coal – but many countries are still too dependent on the black stuff.

31 Jul 2019

Social Innovation

Two in five American couples now meet online

Our chart of the day shows Americans are more likely to meet the love of their life on a dating app or the internet, than in real-life social circles.

29 Jul 2019