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Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Fasten your seatbelts, air travel in Asia is taking off

The aviation industry is experiencing phenomenal growth, but the supply of airline pilots isn’t keeping up with global demand for air travel.

20 Nov 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This AI outperformed 20 corporate lawyers at legal work

A group of experienced lawyers pitted their skills and knowledge against an algorithm, and the results reveal much about how artificial intelligence is shaking up industries.

15 Nov 2018

Global Health

Antimicrobial resistance will cost lives. Stopping it will cost $2

Antimicrobial resistance is reaching dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, with some of the most common infections becoming difficult to treat.

13 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

3 natural mysteries that could be explained by quantum physics

Quantum mechanics is helping scientists to unravel the mysteries of the natural world.

08 Nov 2018

Bangladesh

How ducks are helping Bangladeshi farmers cope with cyclones

In the face of devastating floods and cyclones, coastal communities in Bangladesh are experimenting with new ways to save lives and livelihoods.

07 Nov 2018

Climate Change

Esta ciudad italiana lo recompensa por no conducir su auto

Bolonia ofrece incentivos por caminar y andar en bicicleta, como cerveza, helados o entradas de cine.

07 Nov 2018

Behavioural Sciences

Open-plan offices make workers less collaborative, Harvard study finds

Open-plan offices should, in theory, boost interaction and collaboration between colleagues, but a new study shows they have the opposite effect.

05 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

Immigrants make good entrepreneurs. This study proves it

Companies started by immigrants grow faster and survive longer than those started by native-born entrepreneurs, according to a US study.

02 Nov 2018

Space

There’s a new space race: India vs Pakistan

Soon after India announced plans for its first manned mission by 2022, Pakistan said it would send its first astronaut to space by the same year.

31 Oct 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

In this Italian city you get rewarded with beer and ice cream for not driving your car

A new green scheme offers beer and ice-cream if you travel by bike or foot, instead of taking your car.

26 Oct 2018

Behavioural Sciences

Children are safer in countries that have banned smacking

Corporal punishment sends mixed messages to children, which could lead to aggressive behaviour and developmental problems in later life.

25 Oct 2018

Education and Skills

Los niños en Singapur ya no serán clasificados por los resultados de los exámenes. Aquí se explica por qué

Durante mucho tiempo, Singapur ha obtenido grandes logros educativos, y ha respaldado el aprendizaje de memoria y las largas horas de estudio para impulsar a los niños a tener éxito en lo...

23 Oct 2018

United Kingdom

This Londoner is fixing old bikes and donating them to refugees

A team of volunteers are renovating unwanted, discarded and forgotten bicycles to help new arrivals get around town.

22 Oct 2018

Media, Entertainment and Information

Stephen Hawking’s final theory on black holes has been published, and you can read it for free

The late physicist and cosmologist’s colleagues have released the final chapter of his work on black holes.

22 Oct 2018

Sustainable Development

Tobacco is harming far more than just our health

The total annual carbon footprint of tobacco is almost as high as the greenhouse gas emissions of Peru or Israel, according to a new study commissioned by the World Health Organization.

15 Oct 2018