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Public Finance and Social Protection
This social enterprise crowdfunds training for homeless people
Beam accepts referrals from councils and other homeless charities. Donations of more than £1.5 million have been raised since 2017.
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Global Health
Scientists say tracking your steps really does make you walk more
Sydney University finds smartphone apps and fitness trackers help us exercise an average of 2,000 steps a day more – potentially cutting our risk of chronic disease.
Better Business
Bosses perform better when they are appreciated by their staff, according to a new study
Managers were surveyed over 10 days about how much they felt appreciated, for a study by the University of Central Florida. It was found employers need to support managers as well as staf...
Electricity
This swappable battery tech is keeping India’s electric tuk-tuk drivers on the road
SUN Mobility, a tech start-up based in Bengaluru in Karnataka, India, is rolling out a swappable battery service for electric vehicles.
COVID-19
2020年的9个正能量新闻故事
2020在疾病治疗上有了新突破，例如新发现了有潜力的癌症治疗方法，以及五岁以下儿童的乙肝病例有所减少。
Environment and Natural Resource Security
与环境相关的年度十佳照片
从加利福尼亚有史以来最严重的野火季到冰盖消融，全球范围内不可避免地出现了气候变化的迹象。
COVID-19
Your computer can help scientists find a cure for COVID-19. Here’s how
Volunteers can get on with their everyday activities while their computers help to find cures for diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s, influenza and COVID.
COVID-19
This is the online course 2020 needed
The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence has launched a new online course on Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress.
Gender Parity
These are the world's most powerful women
Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde and Kamala Harris lead a 2020 ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, the 17th to be compiled by publisher Forbes.
Behavioural Sciences
New Year, new start? This is how to keep your resolutions, according to science
Goal-setting works better if you focus on what you want instead of what you don’t want, according to a Swedish study of New Year’s resolutions by Stockholm and Linköping universities.
COVID-19
Equal access to COVID-19 vaccines could be worth billions
By averting economic disaster and helping to end the pandemic, 10 major economies could be $466 billion better off by 2025, new data finds.
COVID-19
9 good news stories from 2020
From cancer breakthroughs to net-zero gains and technology firsts, there was plenty of good news in 2020 to counter the gloom of the COVID crisis.
Global Health
Global action on malaria is stalling. In some countries it could be a greater threat than COVID
Twenty years of success in tackling malaria is flatlining, according to WHO, which warns that the disease could kill more people in sub-Saharan Africa this year than COVID-19.
Mental Health
These are the countries that have the greatest trust in their health services
Malaysians, Australians and Chinese are the most trusting of their healthcare systems, the Ipsos Global Health Service Monitor 2020 finds.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
10 of this year’s best pictures on the environment
Here are some of the most striking environmental moments of the year, captured by photographers around the world.