Forum Institutional
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2020
Want to know about the tech set to change the world in the near future? This list is a good place to start.
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Education and Skills
This is what the racial education gap in the US looks like right now
Racial achievement gaps in the United States are narrowing, a Stanford University data project shows. But progress has been slow and unsteady – and gaps are still large across much of the...
Forum Institutional
Alemania está redactando una ley para dar a las personas el derecho legal de trabajar desde casa
Alemania publicará un proyecto de ley que hace del trabajo desde casa un derecho legal. Reforzar los derechos de los trabajadores y regular el trabajo a domicilio son fundamentales para l...
Health and Healthcare Systems
Germany drafting law to give people the legal right to work from home
Germany will publish a draft law making working from home a legal right. Reinforcing workers’ rights and regulating home-working are central to the plans.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Journée mondiale de la santé mentale : 5 témoignages importants
La Journée mondiale de la santé mentale contribue à sensibiliser le public à la santé mentale dans le monde entier. Des personnalités publiques, du Duc de Cambridge à Jacinda Ardern, en o...
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Día Mundial de la Salud Mental: 5 citas impactantes sobre la salud mental
El Día Mundial de la Salud Mental ayuda a crear conciencia sobre la salud mental en todo el mundo. Figuras públicas desde el Duque de Cambridge hasta Jacinda Ardern han hablado apasionada...
Wellbeing and Mental Health
World Mental Health Day: 5 powerful quotes on mental health
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.
Nature and Biodiversity
This island’s dazzling flora makes it the most plant-diverse on the planet
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.
Nature and Biodiversity
Your recycling actually gets recycled, right? Not always, says this report
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.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Bill Gates: These countries can teach health lessons that could save millions of lives
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...
Health and Healthcare Systems
Movie star Boseman's death begs the question: why are Black Americans more likely than others to die of cancer?
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?
Health and Healthcare Systems
13 eye-opening facts about the state of health around the world
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.
Health and Healthcare Systems
The incredible story of how the people of the Warsaw Ghetto beat typhus
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...
Global Cooperation
Are tiny bits of car tyres being blown to the Arctic? These scientists think so
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.
Geo-Economics and Politics
チーフエコノミストたちが見る、現在の世界経済
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。