During lockdown, UK children from poorer families ate more snack foods. Increasing food prices through taxation can leave lower-income households disadvantaged.
2020 was a good year for green energy in the US, producing 21% of all electricity. Coal continues to decline in importance as a source of energy.
Productivity could be increased five times if employees experience the ‘meaning quotient’.
The pandemic is limiting how long some people will spend in the labour force. That, plus ageing populations, could spell trouble in the future, says a new report.
Half of one degree celsius may not sound significant, but floods and unbearable heat could be the new normal if global warming is not contained.
Can debris from Mount Etna pave the way for a new source of renewable, eco-friendly construction material? Researchers and scientists in Sicily think so.
Movies can make you laugh, cry, and think differently about life. It’s no surprise that climate change movies are helping activists spread their message.
In 1978, a global convention called for better primary healthcare. The World Bank says we’re still not doing enough.
The pandemic has had a profound effect on young people’s economic opportunities. Fixing that will call for a blended approach.
From tackling people trafficking to helping diagnose cancer, here are some of the ways artificial intelligence is having positive impacts on the world.
Progress toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals has been halted or even reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister for Education for Ontario wants to make sure all students have the skills needed to succeed in future workplaces, like financial literacy.
With vaccination programmes progressing in many parts of the world, some people are more ready than others to relax restrictions, a new survey finds.
To regrow a stretch of coral reef, first break some coral into tiny pieces. It might sound strange, but micro-fragmentation offers hope for marine biodiversity.
The distinctive song of a group of pygmy blue whales has alerted scientists to their existence. And the discovery could help save this endangered species.
