Life in Chernobyl, blockchain saves lunch and other top stories of the week

After the world’s worst nuclear accident. Life in Chernobyl today.
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The universities with the most impact? Look to New Zealand and Canada.
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How to do more with renewables: Bill Gates’ 3 solutions for climate change.

Stopping officials from stealing school lunches. Blockchain vs. corruption.

$1.8 trillion in energy investments. 3 charts to follow the money.

What’s the internet worth? A new tool to measure the digital economy.

Earth’s largest e-dump. Global waste hits poorer countries hard.

Is the Internet a dark forest or a bowling alley? The answer depends on us.

Why robots won’t replace us (yet): humans know more than we can tell.

Nurture beats nature. Your parents’ wealth matters more than their genes.

What happens when the far-right unites: Europe is about to find out.

We inhabit a narrow ridge of normality. Oliver Sacks from beyond the grave.

Big brands cutting packaging waste. Coverage of a Forum-backed circular economy initiative. (Washington Post)

Facebook takes on epidemics. Forum cited in disease prevention initiative. (Fortune)

How China forged self-made female billionaires. Draws data from Global Gender Gap Report. (Economist)

South Africa’s currency is going digital. References Forum white paper on central banks and blockchain. (Daily Maverick)

A plan for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Cites data from Future of Jobs Report. (US News and World Report)