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Were women the big winners in Iran's election?

Knowledge is power - and probably a promotion too

Pancreatic cancer is really four separate cancers

24 amazing pictures of Earth from astronaut Scott Kelly

Will electric cars cause the next oil crisis?

Crunch moment for migrant crisis, Argentina strikes $4.7bn deal with holdouts and Beijing boosts banks

3 things that determine your success in any situation

Is there a link between free trade and war?

These are the US cities where women in tech earn more than men

How can we reduce the risk of climate disasters?

Is the US heading for a student debt crisis?

What happens to economies when education levels increase?

This is how China can achieve sustainable growth

When will we see robots in our cities?

How often do people escape poverty?

This initiative could cut Africa's food waste by 50%

Is this the most serious long-term economic problem facing the US?

Are Japan's sub-zero interest rates working?

8 ways to get to the 1.5°C target

The impact of drought on US forests

Will we ever stop using fossil fuels?

How important is social protection in the 21st century?

How the US is improving opportunities for impact investing

Is traditional college education declining?

How gut microbes could prevent malnutrition in children

How an 'age gap' could determine your risk of cancer

How many people does it take to change 10 billion light bulbs?

Who is buying US Treasury bonds?

Is this why it's taking so long to get more women on boards?

These are Amazon's best books on leadership

Brexit could cause a decade of uncertainty: report

What explains the sharp rise in incomes of the wealthiest 1%?

Genes vs lifestyle: what's the key to longevity?

11 reasons bees matter

Has the Eurozone been infected by a US slowdown?

What new jobs will exist in 2035?

Iranian election, no “Plan B” for solving the refugee crisis and lessons in debt

Could the elections open Iran's economy to the outside world?

The world’s most powerful passport? The answer might surprise you

How hot was your city in 2015?

Oscar-winning Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy on how film can change lives

How can the oil industry cut costs?

Is the meaning of work about to change?

Why Africa's slowdown is not deterring investors

How can the Nordic nations become more competitive?

What could the TPP mean for Japan?

Can China get its capital controls right?

Does living in slums trap people in poverty?

Could science really reverse some symptoms of autism?

Could teaching refugees how to code help integration?

How can we boost productivity?

Is increasing the retirement age a good idea?

Why the UK wants to stay out of the EU banking union

Why we need smarter leadership to protect the poor

How can businesses make the best use of the cloud?

What can competitive cities learn from Changsha?

What next for Greece?

Could we adjust brain cells to reduce brain injury and disease?

What can the late antique little ice age teach us?

This factory is replacing robots with humans

Japan's population is shrinking: What does it mean for the economy?

3 ways to revive global growth, says OECD

Can data predict who will win the Oscars?

Could these 4 changes to EU policy ease the migrant crisis?

Could these 3 ideas reshape governance?

What do we mean by 'governance'?

10 key steps to eradicating corruption in Mexico

Google's 4 rules for hiring the best employees

Should economists think again before using randomized control trials?

What is the future of car sharing?

How poverty affects childhood leukemia outcomes

Which countries have the best work-life balance?

16 must-read stories for the weekend

ISIS threatens Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey

Why we shouldn't break up the American banking system

European tensions mount, falling global trade and the Japanese population shrinks

Why is US debt shifting to older borrowers?

Which African countries are battling the biggest food shortages?

Has the US job market made a full recovery?

What the G20 can do to speed up a global recovery

Scientists have identified the gene that triggers insomnia

Why is China's external balance sheet looking vulnerable?

How higher education for Syrian refugees is being overlooked

Why trust is crucial to helping communities adapt to climate change

How our brains treat foreign accents

How can ICT help in the fight against malaria?

Could brain size be a factor in the extinction of animals?

We can now 3D print fossils

Could infrastructure investment help tackle climate change?

Why cutting carbon emissions will save American lives

How do groups pick their leaders?

Are you ready for 5G internet?

Why one woman is running across 7 deserts for water

17 must-read gender stories of the week

Oil crisis lifts the veil on women’s role in Saudi Arabia

Who are the world's great internet powers?

What is the true business of business?

How to be an intrapreneur

What's to blame for the US productivity slowdown?

'Passive Wi-Fi' uses 10,000 times less energy than Wi-Fi – but what is it?

IMF urges bold action, the new billionaire capital of the world and why we need humanities

5 things every company must do to be a social innovator

Meningitis, malaria and a new approach to health crises

This is the potential power of a formal break from work

This is what's riding on the EU referendum

Are Brexit fears to blame for the plunging pound?

Why we shouldn't ignore Africa's informal seed systems

How can we close the gender gap in unpaid labour?

What is an optical brush?

How has the Arab Spring changed social media in the Middle East?

What will global GDP look like in 2030?

The newly discovered secrets of the protein that makes skin stretchy

Why isn't Europe keeping its promise to resettle refugees?

What is the impact of tourism on development?

How the building sector can tackle climate change

How to get more women working in India

Which city offers the best quality of life?

How to resolve a systemic sovereign debt crisis

Four ways to become a better leader

Here's how 8 year olds around the world feel about their lives

Can South Africa avoid another credit rating downgrade?

Biogas and bicycles: Bhutan's plan to secure a greener future

How drought is affecting hydropower in Zimbabwe

Sea levels are rising at the fastest rate for 28 centuries – what does this mean for cities?

Is this the secret to superconductivity?

What did Bill Gates say on the FBI's iPhone hack request?

Europe in 2026: nightmare or utopia?

Saudis rule out production cut, the art of the apology and how to deal with North Korea

Do adolescent rule-breakers grow up to be more successful?

Wealthier countries have more leisure time – with one big exception

Why Brexit is unpatriotic

Why are indigenous people more likely to be poor?

Does Keynes’s theory still hold up?

Are your human rights in jeopardy?

Is the €500 note a tool for terrorists and criminals?

Will technology make us healthier?

Do entrepreneurs make bad employees?

These are the real differences between Americans and Europeans

How technology will change the future of work

Which country has the worst air pollution? Clue: it's not China

How the demand for debt has changed in low-income countries

How can mobile phones help to close the Gender Gap?

This is how much the collapse of Schengen could cost the EU

Does your company have a plan D?

Is Europe disintegrating?

5 lessons from Paraguay on financial inclusion

How should the Eurozone address wage and productivity growth?

Can Obama help solve Africa's electricity problem?

Sterling slumps on Brexit fears, US and Russia announce Syria ceasefire and the market for 'dumb' phones

Could this new Alzheimer’s treatment restore memory function?

How can India become a global financial centre?

Could 'ugly’ fruit and vegetables help solve world hunger?

Could the oil price bust lead to a renewables boom in the Middle East?

Bill Gates: We will have a clean-energy 'miracle' within 15 years

4 reasons 4 billion people are still offline

Internet addiction exists, and this is how it affects family relationships

Could NASA’s new telescope solve the biggest mysteries of the universe?

Is migration a threat or an opportunity for Europe?

Why banks are the weakest link in Europe's economy

Is poverty seasonal?

Is this the best time in history to borrow money?

Could blockchain technology revolutionize the music industry?

How can China smooth its economic transition?

How 'ripples' in the brain form memories

How big data can predict hospital deaths

What Ebola can teach us about tackling crop disease

What the AIDS movement has done for global health

The importance of maternal immunization

What can satellites tell us about global warming?

Britain’s EU referendum: what you need to know

Can we save Europe from digital mediocrity?

This is why the home office doesn't work

What are the economic consequences of Brexit?

The map showing which countries want the UK to stay in the EU

Could low oil prices reduce global hunger?

8 ways to lead with empathy

This planet experiences eclipses that last three and a half years

Big business backs Cameron's EU push, Fed to bolster stress tests and Britain's Atlantis

Is this what's holding women back in the boardroom?

The internet of things: friend or foe?

Will we ever see a robot in the White House?

What does sugar do to our health?

Why Africa's banks are racing to embrace fintech

Do women get less credit when they work in a team?

Should the world worry about Britain leaving the EU?

How virtual education is helping refugee children

Spot the difference: a robot hand that looks and works a like a human one

Could the commodity crisis be an opportunity for Africa?

This is the full text of the deal changing Britain’s EU membership

Is central banking in crisis?

2 audacious ideas that Google walked away from

Teachers have a lesson for business leaders about how to improve their worst performers

Can we find a vaccine for Staph aureus?

Is this a possible link between diabetes and sleep?

8 reasons why the politics of oil have changed

Uncertainty over the British question, the $4 smartphone and why leftists move to the right

This map reveals the full extent of ISIS’s cultural destruction

This breakthrough could help humans and robots to work together in rescue teams

This tiny disc can preserve human history for billions of years

Being bilingual alters your brain. Here's how

Why haven't we cracked the inequality puzzle yet?

Beware, Europe: this is no time for complacency

14 must-read stories for the weekend

4 ways smartphones help people flee wars and persecution

Is it time to kill the $100 bill?

How can developing countries stop their capital draining away?

Why we need to rethink the way fight parasites on a warming planet

These are British Prime Minister David Cameron's key battles in Brussels

The global bike sharing boom: why cities love cycling schemes

Should we worry about these countries introducing negative rates?

How can the US close the education gap?

One researcher's mission to reduce air travel

Will human 'mini-brains' replace animal testing?

A surprising discovery about Mars's volcanoes

Corals, like humans, get sick when they're stressed

Why it's time for Africa to climb higher in global value chains

Did we just get a small step closer to curing cancer?

The latest high-speed internet breakthrough? Balloons

Can very tall towers make solar energy more cost effective?

Europe’s 10 fastest growing economies

Does writing more emails make you more successful?

Europe’s geopolitical wake-up call

How Africa can lead the fight against human trafficking

10 must-read economics stories of the week

The new EU-US privacy shield: what does it mean for data sharing?

Worried about killer robots? Reading children's stories can teach them right from wrong

Education vs work skills: what do employers really want?

'Crunch time' for Cameron, Fed must act on ‘economic anger’ and the best exercise to boost your brain

It's make or break time for Europe

81% of girls in this country think domestic violence is justified

The map that shows you how prosperity is changing

How big data can transform logistics

Which countries are most likely to have hidden deficits?

Can your choice of degree reveal how intelligent you are?

How women economists are penalized for working with men

What would Brexit look like?

Could Europe tackle the refugee crisis with 'surge funding'?

When black holes meet: inside the cataclysms that cause gravitational waves

It won't be long until we can 3D print body parts

This is how breakthroughs in theoretical physics have changed our lives

How can Africa expand educational opportunities?

Why has Ireland's recovery been so strong?

How technology is helping to repatriate trafficked children

Pinpointing loneliness in the brain

Can the common fruit fly stop the exodus of researchers from Africa?

How does counter-insurgency impact welfare?

How scientists solved the riddle of cement’s structure

Is sport waking up to homophobia?

Can the private sector help achieve universal health coverage?

Is this why we've not achieved gender equality at work?

How much do financial markets matter?

13 must-read gender stories of the week

How to predict an election. Clue: don’t use Twitter

23 books Mark Zuckerberg thinks you should read

This study says there are two reasons for the gender pay gap

35 years of the global economy in one video

4 billion people face water shortages, scientists find

Why the best bosses let their top talent leave

How much equity capital should UK banks have?

Saudi-Russia oil deal, China's search for aliens and financial lessons from Kanye West

What the Zika virus means for women's rights

The often overlooked link between drug profits and terror

Will there be a retirement age in the future?

4 factors that explain Brazil's economic woes

Why is the Eurozone considering ditching the €500 note?

Why do men think other men are more intelligent?

How can we create inclusive employment in agriculture?

The surprising factor that influences the success of startups

Could stem cells help treat multiple sclerosis?

What's driving the recent rise in gold prices?

How satellites can help control the spread of disease

Should we treat severely malnourished children with antibiotics?

How can the world cope with future pandemics?

How does sensory information translate into behaviour?

Why Britain's EU renegotiation has reached its most dangerous phase

How to make difficult healthcare decisions easier

6 powerful lessons from the transformation of Medellin

3 ways to safeguard the future of digital trade

What do high performers want at work?

How loyal are millennial employees?

This is why great leaders should question their calling

Why technology will be at the heart of the circular economy

Securing a new EU deal for Britain, commodities bounce back and the end of the €500 bill

How do we ensure everyone benefits from technology?

Why the US is worrying about Brexit

Where are children getting the best education?

Just how equal is the 'land of opportunity'?

Why is Japan's economy shrinking?

12 factors causing the current market turmoil

Where will robots take over the most jobs?

How can African leaders tackle instability?

Are we winning the war against tuberculosis?

Where will the world's next smart cities be?

Why family planning is an issue we should all care about

Are we missing a big opportunity to tackle climate change?

Signs of life found in mantle rock from Lost City

Will the drive to improve STEM education in the US work?

In the digital era, how much information is too much?

How much do you know about gravity?

How can Europe revitalize its equity markets?

Are your social media habits affecting your sleep?

Why sharks are worth more to us alive than dead

Is this the biggest blind spot for CEOs today?

How do ASEAN nations view the United States?

The silent pandemic that threatens the global economy

What will the bank of the future look like?

Which South Asian cities are prone to natural disasters?

Is this personality type the key to a startup’s success?

This map will change the way you see the US economy

Would Earth look habitable from hundreds of light years away?

Why better urban planning won’t reduce traffic – taxes will

A new way to calculate the universe's biggest structures

Behind the scenes at the observatory that detected gravitational waves

Is US wage growth on target?

Which regions would see the greatest return on childhood vaccinations?

Russian bombing will intensify the refugee crisis, Abenomics takes a hit and what Einstein got wrong

Robots will take our jobs. This is what we should do about it

Is Europe a weak global player?

Women are seen as better coders than men – but only if they hide their gender

Can mass migration boost innovation and productivity?

Could we 3D print skyscrapers? Singapore thinks so

Which is the best country to be a working woman?

Which countries were hit by the most natural disasters in 2015?

Why China's economic future depends on political reform

How tech entrepreneurs are disrupting philanthropy

Does capitalism have to be bad for the environment?

This virus causes microcephaly, and it’s much wider spread than Zika

Why do investors like spin-offs so much?

Too much education and not enough play?

10 reasons to watch Africa in 2016

Can Africa strike a balance between conservation and economic growth?

What's the secret to success? Be nicer to yourself

Should we force companies to disclose their gender pay gaps?

Are emoji the new human rights frontier?

Can your ‘smart’ home spy on you?

Europe’s financial reforms: What are the next big changes?

Are we about to witness the end of Guinea worm?

5 ways digital transformation makes companies more powerful

What’s really going on in Syria?

Why Eurobonds are an important source of finance for Africa

Is inequality in Africa rising?

Is your team too big, too small? What’s the right number?

Is China's crisis being fuelled by miscommunication?

Gravitational waves: What are they?

Vaccines vs superbugs: A new weapon to fight antibiotic resistance?

Can the Red Sea become a global trade and investment hub?

A new NASA video lets you see Mars from every angle

New insights from the stalled El Niño of 2014

Genomic healthcare is here. Are we ready for it?

Your risk of dementia might be declining – but scientists don't know why

18 must-read stories for the weekend

How has world trade changed in 200 years?

This computer chip can perform powerful artificial-intelligence tasks

Bank turmoil: Are Europe’s new bail-in rules to blame?

The unexpected source of a life-saving breakthrough

Is there a digital solution to giving children more unstructured, creativity-enhancing play?

How do we get credit to the poorest in society?

This 3D camera could help the blind navigate

Is technology blurring the lines between war and peace?

Why equity matters more than you might think

Could the Fourth Industrial Revolution help us reach the Global Goals?

What did we learn from rebuilding post-Earthquake Nepal?

What skills are employers looking for?

The economics of the Valentine's Day rose

Why geopolitics is the biggest threat to the IT industry

Will climate change make your flight longer?

5 trends that will change how we use social media in 2016

8 must-read economics stories of the week

This is one of the biggest threats to international security – and it's not what you think

This is the loneliest frog in the world

How Twitter has changed the world

What's really happening in the global economy?

What can Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ tell us about leadership?

Are you a 'bleisure' traveller?

This is how much dementia will cost the world

Which countries belong to the negative rates club?

How roadwork is empowering women in Nepal

3 ways businesses can help achieve the SDGs

Yellen warns on global turbulence, Fukushima clean-up faces huge hurdles and how your 'smart' devices could spy on you

What skills do employers value most in graduates?

What are China's growth prospects?

This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for vascular diseases

Why we can't make a good case for or against the TPP

This is how workplace gender parity looks around the world

What will the next recession look like?

Can the philanthropy revolution succeed?

Why travelling in Africa isn't easy for Africans

What will happen to the long-term price of oil? Clue: look at coal

98% of women in Somalia have undergone female genital mutilation

How this simple solar innovation saves lives

The importance of open data

How safe are robot drivers?

How will the Fourth Industrial Revolution affect international security?

How corruption hurts innovation

Can the world adjust to China’s ‘new normal’?

4 ways smart cities will make our lives better

Should we be worried about the growth in peer-to-peer lending?

You have to be fast to be a good leader

This type of foreign direct investment really matters for growth

Can you lengthen your attention span?

Will Japan's negative interest rates boost inflation?

Why we need a code of conduct for outer space

What can CES 2016 tell companies about tech trends?

Why the oil price keeps surprising us

What does Africa's economic past teach us about its future?

Is China in an exchange rate trap?

Why did India fall out with Facebook over 'net neutrality'?

Are male and female brains really different?

These are the EU nations with the safest internet access

Why having more women leaders increases company profits

What if we could slow ageing by deleting defective cells?

The fight for LGBT rights has only just begun

15 must-read gender stories of the week

Want to improve motivation? Try this reward

Trump and Sanders win primaries, a cure for jet lag and why contemplating death changes how you think

5 reasons behind US bank stocks sell-off

Could the oil price crunch topple governments?

Could this breakthrough improve treatment for Alzheimer's patients?

Why chronic gut inflammation increases the risk of cancer

Why honeybees are vulnerable to global pandemics

5 lessons for international security from Davos 2016

'Burundi is on the brink' – a crisis explained

This drone footage captures the full extent of Syria’s destruction

Can fintech restore our trust in the financial system?

3 technologies that will transform warfare

What will energy security look like over the next decade?

3 ways gene editing could wipe out Zika

How fragile are our cities?

Why monetary policy needs an open economy

How can Europe safeguard its gas supplies?

Why it's time for Belarus to reform

Why the best technology isn’t always the winner

How does cancer evolve?

Why development aid needs to adapt to the 21st century

Bank stock rout, air strikes worsen refugee crisis and Obama requests $1.8bn to fight Zika

Why are digital technologies missing from economic statistics?

Are robots the future of warfare?

The rocket fuel of the future? Sunlight

Why don't we have a vaccine for Zika?

What's holding back the global economy?

Which countries are most optimistic?

When does brainstorming work best?

Why is Central Africa missing from so many maps?

3 big threats to the global economy

Which degree will get you hired?

What would the end of Schengen cost Europe?

Does nature hold the key to our energy future?

How sustainable are European healthcare systems?

How will we travel in the cities of tomorrow?

What does the Zika virus mean for travel?

Can technology make us more productive?

What is nanowaste and why should we worry about it?

When will our kids walk to school again?

When eagles hunt drones

Will oil prices stay this low for the next decade?

Want to be a better boss? These are the mistakes to avoid

How Larry Page, Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey overcame their fear of failure

How has the gender wage gap in the US changed throughout history?

Could this researcher's fascination with mosquitoes help fight the Zika virus?

Are Europe's ports at risk?

Why these countries could benefit from European banking union

How can solar-powered remote teacher training help Ghana grow?

Could this solar-powered bus revolutionize the automotive market?

How can we shrink the digital divide?

Who are sub-Saharan Africa's most vulnerable young people?

Are we misreading the warning signs in financial markets?

Why men pay a penalty for flexible working

What is making today’s global economy so abnormal?

Has the threat of terrorism in the US been blown out of proportion?

Why Europe needs Angela Merkel

Is good leadership contagious?

How do we solve the puzzle of extreme poverty?

How can Muslim countries revive interest in the sciences?

What do people mean when they say they're happy? It depends where you live

China forex reserves hit 3-year low, Fukushima radiation down 65% and President Obama proposes new US oil tax

This is what the world's biggest annual mass migration looks like

4 things to know about the new era of global trade

Asteroid mining: is this the next space race?

Should companies pay for women to freeze their eggs?

IMF warns on crisis responses, US proposes $10 per barrel tax on oil and the first Zika case in Europe

What sets great leaders apart from their peers?

Why Zika is not the new Ebola

Why Germany needs a European solution to the refugee crisis

What's wrong with Europe's quantitative easing strategy?

What's on Argentina's balance sheet?

Let's be the first generation to put every child in school

Is leadership the key to tackling inequality?

We’ll never overcome humanitarian crises unless business is on board

Where will self-driving cars go next?

Why is motor neurone disease still a death sentence?

Are Bogotá's pro-poor transport subsidies effective?

4 ways virtual reality will change our lives

What is causing inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

How is cheaper oil affecting global stability?

Does where you’re from affect your leadership style?

What is the link between public spending and AIDS deaths?

This is how skin cancer develops

Is this a 'game changing' discovery for the energy industry?

3 models of social entrepreneurship: Which is the most successful?

5 unanswered questions about Zika

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