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This lethal fungus is threatening to wipe out the world’s bananas

A new outbreak of ‘Panama Disease’ is causing devastation to banana plantations around the world. Can anything be done to stop it?

15 Aug 2019

Future of Economic Progress

These are the countries with the highest inflation

High rates of inflation put huge amounts of pressure on people and businesses – here’s what’s happening across the globe.

13 Aug 2019

Climate Change

In Rome you can swap plastic bottles for metro tickets

Italy’s capital has joined the list of world cities where an empty plastic bottle can go towards travel – 30 bottles, and you’ve got a free ride home.

09 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

This robot boat delivered a box of oysters in a breakthrough for unmanned shipping

A cargo ship with no crew aboard has sailed from England to Belgium in what is claimed to be a world first for autonomous vessels.

08 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How a bionic arm is helping one little girl enjoy the things most take for granted

An eight-year-old girl in the US has become the youngest person in the country to receive a bionic arm. And her family say it’s making a big difference.

07 Aug 2019

Mental Health

Denmark is experimenting with ‘culture vitamins’ to lift people out of depression

Art and cultural activities may provide a more effective way of helping people with depression than conventional drug-based therapies. Communal singing, visiting galleries, museums and th...

06 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Australian solar could power Singapore within a decade

A 3,800 km undersea cable could be supplying Australian solar power to Singapore within a decade under ambitious plans to make Australia a major green energy exporter.

06 Aug 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Schools in Florida now have to teach mental and emotional health

Schools in the US state of Florida will be required to teach students about youth mental and emotional health. It’s the latest response to mounting evidence about the scale of mental heal...

05 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.

31 Jul 2019

Creative Economy

这些机场不只为其乘客敞开大门

排长队、拥挤的候机室、严格的安检——机场并不总是最受欢迎的地方。

29 Jul 2019

Space

3 things to know about India’s space programme

India has launched a bid to land on the moon – here are three things you need to know as the mission takes off.

25 Jul 2019

Global Health

3 tips to handle a heatwave

Here’s the World Health Organization’s advice on how to survive a heatwave.

25 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK homes

A byproduct of Wensleydale, one of the UK’s most popular varieties, will be used to produce biogas to heat 4,000 homes.

23 Jul 2019

China

China en números: diez hechos que ayudan a entender la superpotencia hoy

China, hogar de casi una quinta parte de la población mundial, es un país de superlativos. Cuarenta años de crecimiento económico, con un promedio de casi el 10 % al año, ha transformado ...