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Here are 5 reasons why the ocean is so important

3 ways to get Africa's informal economy on the books

Why philanthropy for – and by – Africans is the future

Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor - our September Book Club read

What to expect from the World Economic Forum on Africa 2019

Self-managing teams are the future of the workplace. Here’s why

IBM Q: The next level in supercomputing capability

This is how New Zealand is leading the world in parent-friendly politics

This is what a no-deal Brexit would mean for South Africa

Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit

Climate change is causing Dengue Fever to spread in Central America

Data sharing is good for society – but we need to do it cautiously

The creative industries' gender equality secret has been exposed by big data

To celebrate Women’s Equality Day, Mattel will honour Rosa Parks and Sally Ride as dolls

India is imposing a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws

AI could boost worker safety in warehouses and factories

African business is key to ensuring the success of the continent's free trade bloc

AI could give us more accurate weather forecasts

The world faces a new nuclear arms race – and this time it's much more complex

This is how music festivals are tackling plastic waste

Why Africa must be ready to take the quantum leap

Two charts to help you understand global wealth and inequality

Bees: how important are they and what would happen if they became extinct?

A vegan and animal cruelty-free fund will start trading on the Stock Exchange

'Water women' quench thirst of central India's parched villages

Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring fewer women

Are water shortages driving migration? Researchers dispel myths

How can Europe boost business dynamism in the long term?

There’s a massive healthcare gap between rural and urban areas. Data can help us close it

The way roaches run could teach robots a thing or two

Southeast Asian countries are realising the importance of high-skilled immigration

This is why Denmark, Sweden and Germany are considering a meat tax

This man is turning cities into giant sponges to save lives

We need moral leadership in the future of work

Chart of the Day: Why women aren’t allowed to work

Do we judge robots on their colour? This study says we do

The case for a guaranteed job

5 charts that show renewable energy's latest milestone

Turning to wind power in Europe could power the entire world

This is the effect that climate change is having on global weather - and it's not good

5 ways to step up and become a moral leader

This beautiful map gives us a clearer picture of Mars

How extreme weather conditions could last longer due to climate change

The forgotten villages of China being transformed by 'barefoot architects'

The power of cash for refugees

From drones to social media, how big data helps Asia weather disaster

Meghan Markle is supporting a charity that offers clothes and advice to female job-hunters

These Indian students are saving their village from droughts

These stickers ‘listen’ to skin to track your health

Scientists are using gene-editing to create new materials for healthcare technology

Why central banks need to rethink their purpose

Hidden women of history: Eleanor Anne Ormerod, the self-taught scientist who tasted a live newt

3 reasons why most Africans aren't on the internet – and how to connect them

In the future, no one should be excluded from healthcare

How women shaped the Civil Rights Movement through music

What can Darwin teach the aviation industry about cybersecurity?

Africa must use tech to chase corruption out of the shadows

Africa must become more resilient to climate risk. Here's how

5 policy hotspots that are key to Africa's digital transformation

Things are bad and getting worse for South Africa. Or are they?

A mega-solar initiative will help southern Africa shine

How to turn Africa's manufacturing sector into a high-tech powerhouse

Factories are no longer the sure route to prosperity. Here's why

Transparency and tech together can safeguard taxpayers' money

How to start a digital healthcare revolution in Africa in 6 steps

Why the most important tool in healthcare is trust

Africa shouldn't have to choose between high growth and low emissions

France's new space-defence strategy explained

How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment

Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis

The Amazon is reaching a dangerous tipping point. We need to scale solutions now if we have any chance of saving it

Paris is opening the world's largest urban rooftop farm

Poor air quality leads to depression and bipolar disorder, study finds

Got the blues? Head for some green spaces

Fraudulent fish, refugee myths, the racial wealth gap and other top stories of the week

Here's how your generation affects your attitude to money

Ocean warming is the key driver of glacial retreat since the last ice age in the Ross Sea

After 13 years of research, scientists know how to save the world's coral reefs

How robots could help us keep the lights on

This 4-word mantra sums up leadership in the age of automation

Female paleontologists are so fed up of sexism they're wearing beards

This endangered species has been handed a major lifeline

‘Wizard of Oz’ experiment shows promise for smart sinks

The hidden plight of male slavery victims

There's a major mental health gap for gender minority college students

What happened to Latin America's 'missing middle'

Economics can no longer ignore the earth's natural boundaries

A profitability roadmap for the fast-changing automotive sector

Why a global recession isn't inevitable

This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 million

From the court of Henry VIII to the impact of the internet: Barack Obama's summer reading list

Communication at Work is Going The Wrong Way. Here's What Needs to Change

A new study shows just how beneficial remote working can be

This chart shows just how abnormally hot it's been in 2019

This is how cities around the world can avoid a water crisis

This is how we can prevent one of the biggest killers of children worldwide

What the Polish village with no baby boys for a decade tells us about statistics

Microplastics in drinking water are a low risk to health, according to the WHO

Water pollution is an 'invisible threat' to global goals, economists warn

Cities are building skyscrapers out of wood to cut carbon emissions

Switzerland has work to do on gender equality in the workplace

The 'lungs of the planet' are on fire

This is the one thing young workers want most from a new job

Haitian women are dying due to lack of maternal care. Here’s how we can change that

Do we really listen to expert advice?

MIT scientists create a new type of electrolyte that could boost computing power

This sensor tests your sweat to monitor your health

We must treat cybersecurity as a public good. Here's why

Talking the talk: the voice-recognition disruptors looking to outsmart big tech

Long-term exposure to air pollution is like smoking a pack of cigarettes a day

These photos show the world of science in stunning detail

New York's rooftop farms provide fresh local produce - and help stop a sewage problem

Cleantech innovation is being stifled. Here's how to unlock it

Melinda Gates’ 'Equality Can't Wait' campaign wants to eliminate the gender pay gap

Arctic regions are burning – and it should set alarm bells ringing

Rising water stress could counteract ‘global greening’, study says

Employers can help stressed-out workers by providing resilience training

Sensors watch the Matterhorn for crumbling rock and cracking ice

Climate change could be prolonging and worsening your hay fever

India demonetisation: blessing in disguise or economic curse?

The #MeToo movement is actually portraying men as more powerful

How can Indonesia eliminate its endemic poverty?

Tech is redefining the rules of sport – here’s how

This company is breeding millions of insects in the heart of London

How falling oil demand is set to transform international relations

How businesses can navigate a global economic slowdown

Mosquitoes kill more people every day than sharks do in a century

We need to rethink the way we heat ourselves. Here's why

This early-warning system can warn families of drought to help avoid famine

The heart-stopping reality of cardiac arrest

Africa’s tropical land emitted more CO2 than the US in 2016, satellite data shows

What are children dying from and what can we do about it?

This is what needs to be done to bring electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa

The surprising psychological reasons for procrastination — and how to fight back

Fossil fuel drilling could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

India turns tables on traffickers with child-friendly courts

4 lessons in economics from Algeria’s victory in the Africa Cup of Nations

Singapore will have to spend $100 billion to fight rising sea levels

Good management is key to unlocking the potential productivity of developing countries

Will robots steal our jobs?

This hand-tracking algorithm could lead to sign language recognition

Sierra Leone: From a war-torn country to a pathfinder for equitable and inclusive societies

Germany is trying to rescue its fabled forests from climate change

A seafood fraud investigation DNA tested fish sold in the US. Here’s what they found

These are the challenges facing India’s most sacred river

OK computer: why the machine age still needs humans

Blockchain is not a magic bullet for security. Can it be trusted?

The racial wealth gap in the US is affecting its citizens and its economy – this is how

3 reasons why business leaders can't afford to ignore diversity

This warehouse is one of the world’s greenest industrial buildings

These 5 foods are under threat from climate change

Held hostage by ransomware? Here's how to respond

Last year, this coral reef was teeming with life. Now it's dying - and it's up to us to save it

The 5 biggest refugee myths: debunked

This is how China's visually impaired individuals are training their reflexes

Spending time in nature can benefit your child’s cognitive skills, study finds

The Fourth Industrial Revolution could mean the end of traditional manufacturing in Africa

Africa's approaches to crisis management are unique when it comes to dealing with disease

This is how countries feel about welcoming refugees and migrants

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds

Is Japan on the verge of a recession?

Sydney is running out of water at the fastest rate on record

Pregnant women are suffering from insomnia – cognitive behavioural therapy could help

MIT researchers have created a robot that can help create new molecules

Researchers have trained an AI to create basic tools by combining objects

5 ways to be a better humanitarian

5 challenges for government adoption of AI

In Indonesia, over a third of young people want to be entrepreneurs

In memory of Suleiman Bakhit: 'A hero in his own right'

This farmer is saving the jungle by growing food in it

Carbon-zero flying, meatless profit, AI startups in Africa, and other top stories of the week

The Japanese have a word to help them be less wasteful – 'mottainai'

It sounds mad, but extending parental leave to non-parents could be highly beneficial

This is the secret behind long-term academic success and growth

Your iPhone could be used to detect dementia

Are you sleeping enough? This infographic shows how you compare to the rest of the world

Ancient plankton fat can predict climate change - here's how

Traditional Kolam art is giving South Indian women more economic opportunities

Data from the 1920s shows how today’s interbank networks are seriously fragile

In Uganda, Malaria cases have jumped 40% in a year

In Kerala, doctors are helping survivors deal with the aftermath of disasters

Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work

What caused the decline of US manufacturing employment in recent decades?

How digital transformation is shaped by 'organization culture'

Portugal wants its emigrants back – so it’s paying them to return

Sustainable development funding is broken. Here's how to fix it

The UN has a 17-point plan to save the world. So how's it doing?

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

This lethal fungus is threatening to wipe out the world’s bananas

How 5G can connect the affordable homes of the future

Reindeer are struggling to survive because of climate change

This Danish bank is offering mortgages with a negative interest rate

This is what archaeology can teach us about eating sustainably

The three-stage blueprint for “crafting” a flexible career

Indian scientists have found an ingenious way to cut smog

Economists explain how newspapers can thrive in the digital age

By eating less meat and dairy, we can save the rainforests

Greenhouse gases have reached an unprecedented level

AI is showing signs of serious pro-male bias, study finds

New AI system could diagnose breast cancer much faster than experts

Africa is set to get its first vertical forest

July was the hottest month ever – what does that actually mean?

Voice tech and the question of trust

Time to look at the unintended consequences of the cars of the future

Sustainable investment is on the rise - here's how to connect the dots

India's strategy in space is changing. Here's why

Working in Finland Becomes Even More Flexible

Global sea-level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought

How workers can harness technology for their benefit

Indonesia has just made its moratorium on forest clearance permanent

A look at Toni Morrison's transformative legacy

Here’s how the UK dramatically reduced its plastic bag consumption levels

Climate campaigner Greta is setting sail to America on a boat with no toilet

How huge forest of ‘art deco streetlamps’ sparked transformation of life on Earth – and carries a message for us today

Scientists found a way to create millions of virtual universes

This new method can create vascular stents that are 40 times smaller than previously possible

Moving beyond remittances to help the world's poor

Reflecting on a trailblazing female astronomer

The millennial friendship crisis

6 ways the least developed countries can participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

How Big Food is responding to the alternative protein boom

Globalization is changing. Here's how your business can adapt

The glimmers of hope in the latest dire climate report

Social media is dominating our free time - here's how you can cut down

How countries with the highest food insecurity suffer the worst impacts of climate change

Why society is paying the price of inequality

Can we really protect natural habitats to ‘offset’ those we are destroying every day?

Made by AI: how technology has learnt to knit

Desertification: what is it and why is it one of the greatest threats of our time?

The UK is using shipping containers to create affordable housing

This is Singapore's plan to avoid running out of water

This UK university has taken beef off its menu to fight climate change

This is America's first completely solar-powered airport

Scientists in DR Congo have had a major breakthrough in the fight against Ebola

Gender equality at home falls when children arrive. What can be done?

The fight to kill a silent killer of women

This MIT start-up is rethinking the way self-driving cars work

The great unanswered questions of economics

Endangered sharks face a future without refuge from industrial ships

How Sweden became more entrepreneurial than the US

Restoring soil can help address climate change

These are the countries with the highest inflation

Pseudoscience is taking over social media – and putting us all at risk

China and the U.S. need to embrace the idea of benign competition. Here’s why

Look no hands: self-driving vehicles' public trust problem

3 lessons from running an AI-powered start-up in Africa

The new assembly lines: Why AI needs low-skilled workers too

How to follow our #af19 meeting in Cape Town

This new approach to renewables could cut emissions by 90% in some US states

Breaking the silence: the journalists fighting to turn up the volume on climate change coverage

Why the world needs the youth revolution more than ever

Cancelled races, fainting players: How climate change affects sports

Why the US dollar is still seen as the world's currency

Cameroonian entrepreneurs are using AI to fight crop disease

This submerged temple in Thailand has been exposed again - by drought

U.S. Economy: Is a long, shallow recession on the way?

Australia welcomes transgender women to play elite cricket

New research busts the myth of welfare dependency

The End: how this algorithm is improving automated stories

Alaska used to be the frozen state. Not any more

Squishy 'Rubik's cube' could one day store tons of data

Meet Alice, the battery-powered plane that could herald the age of electric air travel

This is how recognizing indigenous people's land rights can tackle global warming

6 facts to know about EU alternative investment funds

Why home DNA tests might not be as private as you think

How to prevent the Middle East’s 1914 moment

Data is the key to a new mobility future - here's how

5 facts to know about Africa's powerhouse - Nigeria

Food from thin air, climate tipping points and other top stories of the week

Rome's trash-for-tickets scheme is a shot in the arm for recycling plastic bottles

This is what we can learn from the Romans about ignoring climate change

These eco-friendly, affordable housing settlements around the world are under threat

Black bears adapt to life near humans by burning the midnight oil

What does an AI ethicist do?

In India, restricted access to water could damage your marriage prospects

The UN says we need to reduce our meat consumption to fight climate change and improve food security

Over 40 million people are trapped in sexual exploitation, UN says

Downsizing to a tiny home reduces your ecological footprint by 45%

Actress Emma Watson launches UK sexual harassment helpline

This is why US business investment has been on the rise

In wealthy Silicon Valley, a $500 million plan to save threatened farmland

Can AI own a patent?

Real estate is the true measure of inequality in society – here’s why

Infrared technology is helping farmers to keep their crops hydrated

This is how much people would pay to use some of the world's most popular apps

Getting girls into schools is only the start of closing the education gap

This robot boat delivered a box of oysters in a breakthrough for unmanned shipping

Philanthropist Bill Gates picks his top summer reads – can you keep up with the Microsoft billionaire?

These scientists have mapped the world's oceans - here's what they found

This is how climate change is redistributing coral reefs

Canada has created an Arctic conservation zone almost as big as Germany

Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front

Mapped: The world’s oldest democracies

Al funding grew 592% in four years

One quarter of the world's population live in countries with a high level of water stress

Nine things that will kill your career

This is why rising share prices encourage consumer spending

Understanding environmental warnings in urban areas

This is why less than a third of the UK's cyclists are women

This is how we can use land more wisely to rein in global warming

3D printing could allow us to create a lunar colony to live on the moon

France fines more than 700 in first year of 'cat-call' law

This is how AI can assess the performance of surgeons

Can we create an empathic alternative to the capitalist system?

Family businesses are the lifeblood of the Middle East. How do we ensure they survive?

How a bionic arm is helping one little girl enjoy the things most take for granted

Toni Morrison: 10 quotes you should know

Facebook is building new maps to track population density across the world

This invention is helping to tackle Africa's food waste problem

UK's energy consumption is lower than it was in 1970

How to become a dynamic learner

Indian schools are starting to teach students about same-sex relationships

The fourth industrial revolution risks leaving women behind

The evolution of international trade finance explained

Are the reputations of central banks at risk?

What can we do to reduce global agricultural emissions?

This model can predict if you're at risk of Alzheimer’s

In 16 years, the US has lost the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks

By 2030, AI will contribute $15 trillion to the global economy

What Japan in the Reiwa era can teach policymakers around the world

5 key concepts for blockchain newbies

Almost all businesses expect to face a crisis. And how they deal with them really counts

Denmark is experimenting with ‘culture vitamins’ to lift people out of depression

Australian solar could power Singapore within a decade

In 2016, half of all gun deaths occured in the Americas

Why forest elephant extinction will make climate change much worse

How to fix our planet: the pioneers fighting to bring nature back

Chernobyl’s children need to take breaks away from the radiation – but they’re facing a serious hurdle

Unease about the US-China trade war concerns economists

A path to normality: How sewing is giving Spanish women their lives back

Should nature be given protective rights?

6 productivity hacks that will make you way more productive

The Polynesian culture has come up with a third gender - this is what it means

Raise costs for water in cities to better handle droughts?

Frontier tech like AI is changing the world – here’s how we can keep up and prosper

Six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies are in Africa

Swiss Cheese concrete can help beat the heat

In South Africa cash is still king for the country's biggest lenders

Youth have a love-hate relationship with tech in the digital age

To flourish in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we need to rethink these 3 things

Ride-hailing apps are making the developing world's traffic problems worse

10 of Albert Einstein's best quotes

Schools in Florida now have to teach mental and emotional health

Nearly a third of the globe is now on Facebook - chart of the day

China’s pollution is so bad it’s blocking sunlight from solar panels

Antarctica is losing sea-ice at record levels. It's time to pay attention

Beyond LA and London, these little-known cities are great places to boost your career

This AI-generated map could help us prevent floods in the future

This gorgeous map shows what the night sky looked like on New Year’s Day in 2000

Unlocking sustainable growth in the world's poorest countries

Eating locally grown food is good for your body and the environment

Japan's parliament has more women and disabled members than ever

Why Kenya's Maasai herders are swapping cows for crops

Automation for autonomy: this software gives factory workers more power

LGBT women are facing a disparity in cancer care. Here's why

How India can meet climate targets without breaking the bank

How not to think about job creation

Toddlers don't learn as well from screens, according to new research

How the one-party state may shape our future

5 lessons from China on how to drive sustainable growth

4 climate tipping points the planet is facing

Why you're unhappy, obsolete cybersecurity and other top stories of the week

This new solar technology can be printed or woven into fabric

Discarded cigarette butts are the most widespread man-made pollutant, according to study

Breaking point: tourism hot-spots placing limits on visitors as cracks start to show

The unexpected realities of living on the moon

Senegal is cracking down on plastic waste

Away from ‘sacrifice’ and towards ‘innovation’ – here’s how we can reframe the climate debate

Can machines think? A new Turing Test may have the answer

Yes, technology can liberate girls around the world – but it must be managed properly

Young people's relationship to technology? It's complicated

There's a gap between what experts say and what we see around us. Can we close it?

Botswana recognizes LGBTQ rights, leading the way in southern Africa

How bystanders could play major roles in preventing street crimes

5 things to know about the exploding world of pro gaming

British designers have made a house entirely out of recyclable cork

As ride-hailing firms drive into the future, who is being left behind?

How do we build trust between humans and AI?

7 key authors from Switzerland's literary scene

Q&A: The India–U.S. trade dispute and India’s evolving geopolitical role

5 things weighing on the world economy, according to the IMF

Meet Cipta: the comic book hero using her powers to tackle bullying in schools

If we want to solve climate change, water governance is our blueprint

The hidden downsides of autonomous vehicles - and how to avoid them

Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in a day. And its fight against deforestation does not stop there

Chart of the day: Is 2019 the beginning of the end for coal in Europe?

Meet the robots Toyota is bringing to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

Some of the most exciting fossil discoveries ever have come out of this site in Nova Scotia

5 ways living buildings will be the homes of the future

How field schools have been empowering farmers for 30 years

One of this year's Booker Prize nominees is just a 1,000-page long sentence

Climate crusader Greta plans to sail to the Americas on a transatlantic, zero-carbon voyage

Want to add trillions to the global economy? Back female founders

Cameroon conflict turns climate-stressed farmers into 'food beggars'

Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding

The EU’s proposal for earmarked parental leave will have a major impact on gender equality

Why has growth stalled in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Natural capital: London has become the world's first national park city

They have more than 30 words for "apple core", and other things you didn't know about Switzerland

AI-powered automation will have an ethnic bias

These are the world’s most innovative economies

The French army is enlisting sci-fi writers to predict the future

Huge areas of the Arctic are on fire – here’s what that means for the planet

Starvation still claims a child’s life every 3 seconds – here’s how we could change this

What this Greek philosopher teaches us about living in the modern world

Social isolation is linked to higher mortality rates and illness

Young Eritreans are risking death to migrate. Here's why

Scientists: 'Environmental damage is a war crime'

The European Investment Bank proposes an end to fossil fuel lending to fight climate change

India's tiger population has grown by 6% in the past year

New tech prints flexible electronics on odd surfaces

New York’s organic farming industry is booming – led by a diverse workforce

Tuna are spawning in marine protected areas

Reusable packaging: 6 benefits beyond sustainability

1 in 4 Africans had to pay a bribe to access public services last year

Seaweed straws and loose-leaf tea: 6 ways to reduce plastic waste

To feed 10 billion people, we must preserve biodiversity. Here's how

Two in five American couples now meet online

Why is the Strait of Hormuz so important?

Katherine Johnson and 9 other women written out of the history books

Scientists predicted climate change 40 years ago, so why didn't we act sooner?

The Earth has already used up its resources for the year

Why are methane emissions resurging and what does it mean to Paris climate goals?

A boom in Benjamins – the US $100 Bill is being used more often

Every year, thousands of websites ‘die off’ – and that’s good for the internet

LGBT+ women footballers score as male players fear to come out

High-tech innovation could shape the future of Africa's farming landscape

Family-friendly policies benefit all of us. Here are 4 ways to boost them

This city in India swaps plastic for free meals

Why quantum computing could make today's cybersecurity obsolete

Your coat could be about to get its own passport

Europe saw record-breaking temperatures for the second time in a month

If airlines were a country they'd be one of the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters

Can India reduce deaths on one hazardous road to zero? This group is trying

Why humans aren’t designed to be happy

Do you know the most populous cities over the last 500 years?

Grey fingers: Ageing Singapore uses gardening to fight loneliness

The naked mole rat could teach us how to beat cancer - here's how

The largest wind power plant in Africa has opened in Kenya

Four major car companies have joined California in tightening emissions

The way children draw human figures has changed since the 1970s, reflecting modern society's attitudes to gender

It will take a lot more than free menstrual pads to end period poverty

Indonesia plans cloud seeding to avoid crop failure

Work with a robot to create a stronger team, a study says

No longer just for the young: 70% of seniors are now online

The 30 world-changing start-up hubs, and other top stories of the week

How tech is helping the agriculture sector curb carbon emissions

Here's how we reboot digital trade for the 21st century

3 things to know about India’s space programme

This is what is still holding social entrepreneurs back

There is huge talent in the world's refugee camps. We must realize this overlooked potential

In 2020, Asian economies will become larger than the rest of the world combined - here's how

3 tips to handle a heatwave

How a rain garden is helping Rotterdam beat flooding

Are we happier when we spend more time with others?

Over a quarter of species measured are at risk of extinction, report warns

3 powerful ways to stay positive

The world is looking at slow growth - but it doesn't have to be this way

This simple trick could save energy from indoor farming

This is how algorithms see the world around them

The fall of the economists’ empire

Taiwan is dropping gender-specific uniforms in its schools

An algorithm may decide your next pay raise

This is now new business models create an inclusive e-commerce market

This Japanese TV show about work-life balance is a big hit – here's why

Europe bucks global deforestation trend

The space internet race is dawning. Here’s what to expect

This Alpine lake is the new icon of climate change - here's why

Zero by 2050: How the world's economy has planned to battle climate change

Image recognition, mini apps, QR codes: how China uses tech to sort its waste

We had the hottest June ever this year – this is what happened around the world

5 things to know about the US opioid epidemic

A satirical guide to being Nigerian

Why Nigeria's startups are the answer its healthcare system has been waiting for

Why big data keeps getting bigger

Fight to win: How a Judo champion built resilience

Why policymakers need to form decisions around what they don't know

Plastic from burlap? Bangladesh invents a green throw-away bag

Algorithms could give the world its first ‘born digital’ free trade agreement in Africa

The Current War: there were also dynamic women who made electricity a success

Gender matters in responding to major disease outbreaks like Ebola

How a robot called Pink helped teach school children an Aboriginal language

What’s Really Behind China’s Falling GDP

After music and TV, what is the future of streaming?

A major war between leading military powers is now impossible. Here’s why

The circular food economy

These are the fastest trains in the world

Why we need artists who strive for social change

Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK homes

Scientists have created a monument to 'Ok' - Iceland's lost glacier

This Israeli start-up claims to have produced the first lab-grown steak

The Strait of Hormuz: what you need to know

In pictures: How America is keeping cool in the heatwave

These are the most populous nations on Earth

The internet is more fragile than you think

This MIT study could make you more productive

Nerve transfers can restore hand motion after spine injuries

Algorithms could give the world its first ‘born digital’ free trade agreement in Africa

Did someone say rate cut? Five questions for the ECB

Women are dominating employment growth, but what sort of jobs are we talking about?

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