Climate Action
This Dutch floating village could help tackle city-density and sea-level challenges
Floating homes in the Netherlands neighbourhood of Schoonschip could be a blueprint for communities struggling with climate change and overpopulation.
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Industries in Depth
Here's what happened when AI and humans met in a strawberry-growing contest
Top strawberry growers were pitted against data scientists in a smart-agriculture competition organized by Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo. This is who won and why.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19 practices are constantly changing – this app helps emergency doctors cope
The Elemeno Express app keeps emergency doctors and nurses up to date on latest COVID-19 best practice, developed by California-based software company Elemeno Health and the American Coll...
Financial and Monetary Systems
This chart shows how global debt comes in waves – and, right now, we’re in the middle of the biggest one yet
Since 1970, three debt waves have ended in financial crises for emerging and developing economies, according to the World Bank. Global public debt will be at around 100% of GDP until 2025...
Forum Institutional
This project in India is turning PPE scrap into mattresses
An Indian fashion designer is tackling the COVID plastic waste problem by braiding off-cuts from personal protective equipment into bedrolls for hospitals and homeless shelters.
Social Innovation
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.
Health and Healthcare Systems
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.
Stakeholder Capitalism
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...
Energy Transition
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.
Health and Healthcare Systems
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。
Nature and Biodiversity
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。
Health and Healthcare Systems
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.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
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.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
Emerging Technologies
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.