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• How women are turning the page on literary sexism
• What role does climate justice play in the Paris Agreement?
• 4 everyday things you can do to tackle climate change
• 8 must-read leadership stories of the week
• Carbon pricing: How much will the world's big emitters sign up to?
• "The anemic recovery in advanced economies:" Are we ignoring a major cause?
• Want to better understand the universe? Then recreate it in a lab
• What happens if oil prices drop again?
• Why we all need to begin thinking like global citizens
• How can cities prepare themselves for the future?
• Europe or America: where do women work longer hours?
• The number of cars worldwide is set to double by 2040
• Romans had no need for dentists, because of one food they didn’t eat
• Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution
• How will we move around our cities of tomorrow?
• Why Ecuador’s post-earthquake recovery could help heal deeper wounds
• Obama speaks out on Brexit, world leaders set to sign Paris Agreement and the secret shame of middle-class Americans
• Latin America’s economy - why this is no time for complacency
• 5 videos that show humanity’s impact on the planet
• 17 must-read stories for the weekend
• Natural beauty: 7 striking images to mark Earth Day
• 10 must-read economics stories of the week
• When it comes to inequality, where you live matters more than you think
• Could this Soviet-era medical treatment help curb antibiotic resistance?
• How do monarch butterflies know where to migrate?
• Which autoimmune disease is newly linked to the Zika virus?
• Can insects teach us about the origins of consciousness?
• How can we protect the Indian Ocean's humpback dolphins?
• Could night shifts harm women more than men?
• Was this the cause of both ice ages?
• These 3 steps could help boost innovation in your organization
• "Staying in the status quo is a sure way to be extinct". Why leaders need to seize opportunities
• Investors pull $15bn from hedge funds, record global temperatures and a well-timed bucket of chicken
• What happens in your brain when you lose your train of thought?
• What can particle physics teach us about international co-operation?
• How can we make cities healthy?
• Greece could be facing a new crisis – but for a reason you might not expect
• This software lets you design and 3D print robots
• Is helicopter money a serious option?
• Can money buy you happiness? It depends on how you spend it
• Why it's time for intelligent austerity in Latin America
• This could save governments millions of dollars and tackle corruption
• 7 leadership lessons from Shakespeare
• Is the nuclear security threat growing?
• Could this new vaccine curb cervical cancers and health costs?
• Could we personalize treatment for chronic pain?
• What is the science behind addiction?
• This could help us understand more about the role of neutrinos in the universe
• Could artificial intelligence help us predict cyber attacks more accurately?
• What next for the war on drugs?
• Is delayed patent approval holding up startup growth?
• For poor children, two healthy meals a day can keep obesity away
• What dust from the Sahara does to you and the planet
• 4 charts that explain the decline of the PC
• Want to be a better leader? Start experimenting
• These are some of the world’s worst environmental disasters
• The most important digital skill for tomorrow's CEOs
• This interactive map shows where Syrian refugees have settled
• What's the future of globalization? Perhaps history can give us a clue
• What is China's $5 trillion opportunity?
• The new Silk Road is one step closer to reality
• 4 tech trends transforming the world of fashion
• 5 things you need to know about fintech
• What would Brexit mean for Germany?
• What impact does poverty have on entrepreneurial creativity?
• This microscope uses artificial intelligence to detect cancer cells
• The trouble with GDP and emerging markets
• This is how much income women lose when they have children before 25
• Has medicine neglected theory in favour of big data?
• Grandmother benches, smartphone apps and other mental health boosts from around the world
• Trump and Clinton win NY primaries, Eurozone credit conditions ease and from bulk copper to bulk wine
• How much is the Internet of Things worth to the global economy?
• 16 must-read gender stories of the week
• Let’s ditch the economy of the 1% and replace it with a human economy
• Bill Gates: Global inequality is falling faster than ever
• Could space mining benefit everyone?
• How can Africa make its power supply more reliable?
• These nanotubes can self assemble into wires
• Could this robot teach anyone to code?
• Should we give money directly to the world's neediest?
• The 17 best-paying university subjects to study if you're a woman
• How indigenous hunters could provide crucial data
• Were dinosaurs victims of climate change?
• Could this discovery improve quantum computing?
• How to stop brain cancer from becoming drug resistant
• This is how preserving forests could help halt climate change
• Is this the beginning of the end for fossil fuels?
• Why scientists think we should be working three-day weeks
• How can businesses win the hearts and minds of millennials?
• Business is booming in Africa - these 5 charts show how
• Can relocating power plants help Africa meet its energy needs?
• The North Pole is moving – and we're to blame
• EU preps for Android crackdown, the war on drugs splinters and feeling the heat of El Niño
• US wealth inequality: What's the main driving force?
• How can West Africa win its war on drugs?
• Why focusing on teams, not just leaders is the key to business performance
• Bill Gates: This is how we can speed up development
• Five measures of growth that are better than GDP
• How our ancient brains learn new things
• Do new technologies lead to job losses? Here's what history reveals
• How can we build safer cities for a volatile climate?
• Scientists have mapped the protein that acts as 'gatekeeper' to DNA
• The infrastructure gap: Are we talking about the wrong thing?
• What is the cost of delaying welfare reforms? Lessons from ageing Japan
• What are the challenges and opportunities for the G20?
• What will the Paris Agreement mean for global governance?
• Should Americans be working into old age?
• Could supplements during pregnancy reduce autism risks?
• Is this proof that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs?
• Which are Africa’s fastest growing economies?
• Could implantable chemotherapy improve pancreatic cancer survival?
• Which are the world’s fastest-growing economies?
• If you're less busy you're more likely to get things done, right? Wrong
• Why does genius cluster in certain places?
• La Niña is officially coming – so how will it affect weather patterns?
• This star system is travelling so fast physics can't explain it
• This is what Robert Skidelsky thinks will happen to Europe
• Can trade change the way we see globalization?
• The best time to learn a new language? You've missed your chance
• How reverse photosynthesis uses sunlight to make fuel
• This is the business model needed to master the Fourth Industrial Revolution
• Life with no home: portraits of a Syrian refugee camp
• The latest cybersecurity risk? Our homes and offices
• Oil freeze deal collapses, justice for Palmyra and Indonesia in transition
• 4 technologies helping us to fight corruption
• Who owns the future of our health?
• What is the state of the BRICS economies?
• This is how Mozambique plans to end child marriage
• Why and where is the Zika virus causing alarm?
• New research sheds light on delicate forest biodiversity
• Africa doesn’t just need a digital revolution – it needs a cultural one, too
• 8 must-read leadership stories of the week
• The new laser that's improving biological imaging
• Mika Häkkinen: 'To succeed you need to test your limits'
• Does unemployment insurance increase the unemployment rate?
• This is how to launch a rocket into space, then land it on a ship
• Could mobile phones help combat rabies?
• Where in Europe are young people leaving education early?
• Greenland’s ice sheet is melting earlier than ever before
• Watch Liam, Apple's robot recycler, take apart an iPhone
• Women in tech are asking for lower salaries than men
• The IMF thinks this economy will grow fastest this year
• "European unity is disintegrating rapidly." Why the EU needs reform
• Greece's IMF deal, Chinese GDP, and Brexit.
• Are solar satellites the future of energy production?
• These 2 developments are changing healthcare – and they're designed just for you
• 10 things the IMF wants you to know about Africa's economy
• How are world leaders using Snapchat?
• India wants to create 100 'smart cities' - how can it get there?
• How Britain married charity with business
• This desk-sized turbine could power 10,000 homes
• Do you feel like you're wasting too much time in meetings? These tips might help
• When do we start to develop social intelligence? It might be younger than you think
• Are financial risks really increasing? Yes, says the IMF
• 20 must-read stories for the weekend
• In Norway, you can see everyone’s tax returns
• Our economic model is broken. So how can we fix it?
• Scientists teach a quadriplegic's hand to move again
• What is a dirty bomb, and how dangerous is it?
• 10 must-read economics stories of the week
• What does the future hold for African entrepreneurs?
• How do optical illusions work?
• Do young people hold the key to ending poverty?
• How tanking oil prices have caused the world's biggest traffic jam
• How uncertainty over business conditions affects investment decisions
• Does your country’s tax system leave women worse off?
• Can investing in social infrastructure jump-start economies?
• These mini-charts explain one of the biggest global demographic trends
• How introverts can be successful leaders
• Can you teach yourself leadership?
• This is how global trade can tackle both poverty and inequality
• The IMF's advice on restoring strong economic growth
• The ageing population is a threat to women’s economic welfare
• How millennials will save us from our broken economic system
• "We must attack poverty at its core." Is a universal basic income the answer?
• What's going on in our brains when we take risks?
• Why haven't low oil prices boosted the global economy?
• Joseph Stiglitz on what's wrong with negative rates
• The slow and sustained fight against evil
• 5 charts that reveal how bad child inequality is in the rich world
• Two years after Chibok, Boko Haram is still terrorizing Nigeria
• How Latin America’s housing policies are changing the lives of urban families
• Online hate targets women and black journalists, finds The Guardian
• Career lessons from art, Steve Jobs, Bruce Springsteen and Snoopy
• How location affects the value of patents
• What to expect from the European Private Equity market
• How far are human activities to blame for rising sea levels?
• How the Earth’s surface changes its direction of travel
• Did comets kick-start life on Earth?
• Can moving ecosystems combat climate change?
• What's the economic cost of premature births linked to air pollution?
• Is this a major boost for cancer research efforts?
• How Chile is embracing renewable energy
• The surprising link between your heart rate and wisdom
• This is the surprisingly large economic dividend from investing in better mental health
• Where you live matters for life expectancy – especially if you're poor
• Is uncertainty over Brexit damaging the UK economy?
• Why robots need to be able to say no
• Does the global trade slowdown have a silver lining?
• The bottle-sized satellites leading a quiet revolution in space
• Is this inflatable room the future of space exploration?
• Was the Eurozone crisis a government or market failure?
• 16 must-read gender stories of the week
• How can we make the EU-Turkey refugee deal work?
• Can artificial intelligence be ethical?
• The IMF: These are the biggests risks to growth
• Oil price optimism grows, the man who thinks like Sherlock and why humans became monogamous
• This is how much more men make than women in every industry
• Beyond GDP – is it time to rethink the way we measure growth?
• The way we measure economies is inherently sexist
• 5 charts that explain the IMF's global growth forecast
• Where do people pay the most tax?
• The first African tech firm to become a 'unicorn'
• How big is the lifespan gap between rich and poor in the US?
• The yellow fever epidemic highlighting a global vaccine shortage
• What health threats do teenagers in developing countries face?
• Could big data improve intensive care?
• Is the Great Barrier Reef heralding a global mass extinction?
• The science of happiness can trump GDP as a guide for policy
• How a tiny flea has highlighted a massive problem
• What can Japanese cities teach us about living heritage?
• Why we should tread carefully with 'water footprints'
• 8 videos that explain the circular economy
• Where are the world’s population hot-spots?
• Europe’s relationship with the EU? It’s complicated
• Is your team in 'psychological danger'?
• Why don’t employees trust their bosses?
• Where are the world's tax havens, and what are they used for?
• Have we underestimated the impact of carbon emissions?
• 5 big questions for markets
• What would Brexit mean for the global balance of power?
• Think you're popular? You may have already passed your peak
• US seeks more aggressive IMF policing, how not to deal with a PR crisis and the books worth rereading
• 10 surprising insights on how Africa tweets
• We do it all the time, but what's actually going on in our brains as we read?
• How to use DNA to store electronic data
• Why we need more than a single number to measure poverty
• Could this explain why we're having fewer children?
• Toilets and drones: 2 innovative approaches to tackling poverty
• Mastering the art of self-disclosure
• What happens when demand for oil peaks?
• The simple reason for the gender pay gap: work done by women is still valued less
• Mathematicians have discovered another property of primes
• George Soros: this is how Europe can tackle the refugee crisis
• Why Europe needs to share the burden of migration
• How the wealth gap increases among American pensioners
• Scientists can now make slow-slip earthquakes in the lab
• Could this enzyme reduce the risks of HIV medication?
• How will digitalization change agriculture?
• Could this predict whether a woman will get breast cancer?
• Is this the best method for gene transfer?
• New research proves what you already knew: Hollywood is sexist and ageist
• Why is middle-class growth in Latin America slowing?
• Christine Lagarde: Women need ‘skin as thick as a crocodile’ to make it to top
• How much economic growth comes from our cities?
• 5 things to know about China and Australia’s economic ties
• How storytelling can boost a business
• This breakthrough could make your internet connection much faster
• Why are so many world leaders using emojis?
• Is encryption bad for the economy?
• Are banking stress tests still useful?
• Why the TPP has benefits for workers that far outweigh its costs
• What is GDP, and how are we misusing it?
• Why central banks shouldn't be so scared of deflation
• How do negative interest rates work? The IMF explains
• World Bank lending at record since crisis, US faces $3.4tn pension shortfall and how the mind can harm the body
• Will the Internet of Things revolutionize healthcare?
• Is this the only 2D superconductor?
• How can we stop the HIV virus evolving?
• Could this make quantum computing more practical?
• How can digital technology improve public services?
• Could this plan help India deal with its summer heat?
• How can Japan address its workplace gender gap?
• How can research improve public policy in Africa?
• Terrorism is on the rise – but there’s a bigger threat we’re not talking about
• Why human development is key to global growth
• Think the nuclear threat ended with the Cold War? You’re wrong
• Which countries have the most cost-effective healthcare?
• Why workers are having to train themselves
• How the brain processes emotions
• Gordon Brown: This is how to save Syria’s lost generation
• How hackers can help in the fight against cyber crime
• These trucks have just driven themselves across Europe
• What India’s working women have that Western women don’t
• The latest wildlife conservation tool? Virtual reality
• Japan has negative rates, so why is the yen getting stronger?
• 7 must-read leadership stories of the week
• The oil industry has a trust problem – can it put that right?
• Globalisation’s lost generation, land of the rising yen and why English wins the battle of global tongues
• Africa needs to trade with itself – here’s how
• Will robots take our jobs? This is what economists think
• 16 must-read stories for the weekend
• What lies ahead for the real estate market in 2016?
• Does this explain why some landslides travel much further than others?
• 10 must-read economics stories of the week
• Which developing economies vaccinate more babies against measles than the UK?
• Top 8 emerging diseases likely to cause major epidemics
• How rich world diseases are spreading to the poorest countries
• Why online retailers should harness social data
• What can big data teach us about the Big Bang?
• How artificial intelligence could revolutionize healthcare
• What can we learn from history about sanitation today?
• Why is brain plasticity important?
• This small particle carries multiple drugs to target tumours
• 'It’s a man’s world, sweetie' – how 3 female leaders dealt with sexism
• This is a big creativity killer
• How Facebook is helping blind people 'see' photos
• A roadmap to reducing food waste
• Could drones help solve environmental problems?
• Are we a step closer to regenerating body parts?
• Were today's patterns of wealth already laid down in 1492?
• 5 reasons why tackling diabetes will boost economic growth
• How can we win the war against tuberculosis?
• Can social media help to save the environment?
• 6 ways social media is changing the world
• Only 20% of Africans use the internet – we must fix this digital poverty now
• How social media is shaking up healthcare
• How social media is shaping financial services
• Is this the biggest disruptor of the news industry?
• Why Greece is facing a double migrant crisis
• Could climate change threaten mental health?
• Why we need indicators for infrastructure management
• 5 things to know about Rwanda’s economy
• Why we need to test literacy skills at a young age
• What is behind the gender gap in heart attack survival?
• How can social media platforms support activists?
• How is social media helping disaster response?
• How can teachers improve integration of migrant pupils?
• NASA has released 3 million images of Earth - these are 6 of the best
• How to find meaning at work
• How much do you know about diabetes?
• This is the difference women have made to their family's economic security
• Who is spending the most on weapons?
• This device takes 3D scans on a mobile phone
• Scientists have uncovered the structure of the Zika virus
• Is Europe heading for a clash of generations?
• 5 ways social media is changing 'business as usual' for governments
• What can governments learn from digital disruptors?
• Why economic growth is not sufficient to tackle inequality
• Is this the future of medicine?
• Why strategic networking is harder for women
• Which are the most interesting states in America?
• Is your sleep deficit putting your organization's performance at risk?
• Is entrepreneurship contagious?
• Iceland PM resigns, a cure for blindness and WhatsApp extends encryption
• 18 must-read gender stories of the week
• Why even local businesses must think global
• Did Germany really lose out in the Eurozone rescue operation?
• How healthcare will go digital
• Would leaving the EU weaken the UK's global standing?
• The US and China are due to sign Paris climate agreement
• How can companies leverage the Internet of Things?
• How is technology changing risk management?
• Is small data the new big data?
• Why satellite data could revolutionize hurricane monitoring
• How 'metafinance' could help some of the world's poorest communities
• Which are the world's most environmentally friendly countries?
• 5 charts on the Panama Papers leaks
• Climate change could cut global financial assets by $2.5 trillion, report finds
• What impact does negative feedback have on professional conduct?
• Why Europe is backing the renminbi
• Should we trust robots, and should they trust us?
• Is capitalism entering a new era?
• How exploring Mars could help fight climate change
• China wants to build a $50tn global wind and solar power grid
• How to use clouds to study endangered species
• Why 2016 will be a tipping point for the refugee crisis
• How 5 cities are working to wipe out diabetes
• The transatlantic tax tussle, China shakes the world and when robots say nothing at all
• Poverty in many African countries may have fallen faster than we think
• This is how cities can fight climate change
• Soccer has a sexism problem – and these World Cup winners are doing something about it
• Why an ancient virus might be determining our sex
• How can Africa improve the quality of education?
• When will smart homes go mainstream?
• Why Bitcoin exchanges aren't as straightforward as they seem
• How can we use science to benefit the world's most vulnerable people?
• How green infrastructure is helping to control urban floods
• What will the living wage do for Seattle's economy?
• Why did the moon tilt billions of years ago?
• Did malaria originate in birds?
• This is how Elon Musk set out to achieve his Tesla 'master plan'
• Why Africa's future depends on its women entrepreneurs
• Poor sanitation is one of the biggest causes of child mortality. So what can we do about it?
• Can real estate go from villain to hero?
• Why urban efficiency is key for India’s smart cities
• How can India finance urban infrastructure?
• Just how big was the Panama Papers leak?
• Which are the most important human rights? Depends on where you're from
• Greece returns asylum-seekers under EU deal, a spy reveals all and the Taliban's failed app
• Why graduates lack the skill they need most
• These are the challenges faced by India’s urban poor – and how we can solve them
• The opportunity to build tomorrow's cities
• Where are the world’s highest minimum wages?
• These equations changed the course of history
• 4 characteristics that can predict whether you'll become a CEO
• Four steps to improve our cities
• How can we build cities fit for 2036?
• Could this test be a game changer for HIV in Africa?
• Why it's getting more expensive to be poor
• Is cyberwarfare the next battleground in the fight against ISIS?
• What stops galaxies making stars?
• Lessons from 3 CFOs of Silicon Valley start-ups
• The promise and peril of digital cities
• How much waste does Europe produce?
• The 16 best universities in the world by excellence in subjects
• What's the future of the construction industry?
• How should we regulate the real estate industry?
• What effect does paid maternity leave have on infant mortality?
• Is the oil price-GDP link broken?
• Is helicopter money on the horizon?
• How technology is changing the real estate industry
• The innovations making our cities smarter and greener
• Could breastfeeding benefit economies?
• What would Brexit cost the UK and Europe?
• What impact do exchange rates have on domestic prices?
• How can we improve South Africa's water supply?
• How will Africa achieve a greener future?
• How mobile phones are changing women's lives
• What does Brad Pitt's hair have to do with fighting cancer?
• This is why Greenland is melting
• Could this drug be the key to fighting Zika and Ebola?
• How can Africa master the digital revolution?
• The US is no longer the most obese nation - one country is doing even worse
• Is the need for 'cognitive closure' holding you back?
• Will this breakthrough see an electric car in every driveway?
• What does the rise of fintech mean for banking?
• Where will climate change impact China most?
• When does solar become cheaper than the grid?
• Could this make building quantum computers much easier?
• NASA's Mars drone could save lives on Earth
• Do we need to rethink how we measure economic activity?
• 7 must-read leadership stories of the week
• This is what fiscal policy could do for innovation
• Why is the US approach to financing infrastructure so different?
• How can the Eurozone tackle sluggish growth?
• Zaha Hadid dies, China to deploy longest-range nuclear missile and the weight of the world
• What rich countries get wrong about poverty
• This is the real cost of housing across Europe
• What will a fourth generation city look like?
• 19 must-read stories for the weekend
• 10 ways the real estate industry is changing
• This biodegradable water bottle breaks down when it’s empty
• This is the way Mexico City is tackling an urgent air pollution crisis
• What happens when tech companies hit middle age?
• 10 must-read economics stories of the week
• Will this tool change the way TB is treated?
• Could the Xbox Kinect have medical uses?
• How can Vietnam build on improvements in well-being?
• How can the Eurozone improve economic governance?
• Have we dramatically underestimated rising sea levels?
• What are the repercussions of financial booms and crises?
• How can Italy reverse its brain drain?
• Will this discovery revolutionize nanotechnology?
• How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world?
• Can the US labour market keep up its momentum?
• Why successful leaders have peer mentors
• What if we lived for 150 years?
• Are businesses in emerging markets leaving women behind?
• This is how the world can tackle debt deflation
• How to pitch an idea like Mark Cuban and Reid Hoffman
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• In a world of just 100 people inequality becomes glaringly obvious
• Why cutting emissions alone won't solve climate change
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• What Americans really think about free trade
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• What's really stopping women from working abroad?
• How business is sticking up for LGBT rights
• Europe's 16 best economics degrees
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• What can we learn from Singapore about flood risk management?
• This is the one key trait that all great leaders share
• How education can reduce child marriage rates
• These are the countries with the highest rates of contraceptive failure
• How autopsies can save children’s lives
• Why the global economy needs new rules
• How will an ageing global population change real estate?
• How are mobile phones changing Africa?
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• Are robots really going to take your job?
• This map shows the countries with the most robots
• Can an 'Uber-ized' economy work in America?
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