World Mental Health Day helps raise awareness of mental health around the world. Public figures from the Duke of Cambridge to Jacinda Ardern have spoken passionately about it.
Botanists have long known about the wonders of the second-largest island on Earth. Now researchers have put a number on just how many plant species grow there.
A new study suggests a large amount of plastic waste exported from Europe might be ending up in the oceans – but innovative technology could help stem the flow.
The Exemplars in Global Health project compiles data on the countries that have made the most progress on health with limited resources. Peru, Rwanda and Senegal are nations that have mad...
The death of the Black Panther star at 43 put the disease in the spotlight: why are Black people in the US 40% more likely to die from colorectal cancer?
The world is at a “watershed moment” for health emergency preparedness and investment in critical services due to COVID-19, according to the United Nations.
In 1941, forced into a tiny area of the Polish city by the Nazis, ghetto residents faced another threat – an outbreak of infectious disease. A new study finds their actions helped curtail...
Researchers have simulated how particles from tyre and brake wear, commonly referred to as 'road microplastics', could be carried by the wind to the ocean and remote regions.
新型コロナウイルスのパンデミック（世界的大流行）の後、世界経済を再建するに向けて、私たちは成功を定義するために目指す目標を拡大していく必要があるでしょう。これは、世界経済フォーラムの最新の「チーフエコノミスト・アウトルック」のブリーフィング「新型コロナウイルス感染拡大後のリセットおよび復興に向けた新たな道のり」で示された見識のひとつです。
The World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook asks 40 chief economists for their views on the post-pandemic recovery.
The kakī, a wading bird in New Zealand, has thrived since intensive conservation efforts have been put in place. Numbers have now reached 169 in the wild, from 23 in the early 1980s.
Horseshoe crab blood is instrumental in making sure injectable medicines are safe – and a synthetic alternative has just been rejected by an influential US standards group.
This organization believes bringing art, science and communities together is key to protecting an ecosystem vital to the planet and worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
在新冠病毒的诸多悲剧性影响中，对年轻人的影响可能是其最具破坏性的遗留问题之一。
The world's largest all electric aircraft has just completed a half an hour flight in the United States. Could this be the future of short-haul air travel?
