Economic Growth
The world’s fastest-growing populations are in the Middle East and Africa. Here's why
Rapid population growth in the Middle East and Africa will create challenges as well as opportunities.
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Urban Transformation
Estas ciudades tienen las viviendas menos asequibles
Existen muchas cosas maravillosas que ofrece la vida en la ciudad, desde el corto traslado al trabajo hasta las infinitas opciones de entretenimiento. Sin embargo, desafortunadamente todo...
Urban Transformation
These cities have the least affordable housing
Of the top 20 cities with least-affordable housing relative to income, seven are in Asia and six are in Latin America.
Emerging Technologies
Meet Shelley, the AI that is learning to write horror stories for Halloween
Shelley AI is programmed to work with humans to write horror stories.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These tiny robots can kill cancer cells
Scientists have developed tiny robots than can drill into deadly cancer cells, blasting them open.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Vaccines have killed off these deadly diseases
When it comes to a debate over the efficacy of vaccinations, it is best to let the facts speak for themselves.
Climate Action
五张图表，告诉你人类对极端气候的影响
把特定的极端气候事件同全球变暖联系起来是困难的，并且会给那些否认气候变化的人可乘之机。 在过去的几个星期中，热带风暴给全球许多国家造成损失。龙卷风“哈维”对美国德克萨斯州造成了巨大破坏，摧毁了人们的家园，夺去人们的生命。台风“天鸽”在中国南部和香港地区也留下了类似的一系列破坏。 一个强有力的论点认为，人类至少在部分程度上应该为这些极端气候事件负责。但问题是得到切实的证...
Industries in Depth
科学家们创造出了一种100%真实的“清洁肉类”，它没有残杀，也不会带来碳排放
想象这样一个理想世界：即使是最忠实的素食者也不会因为咬一口牛肉汉堡，就背叛他们的“素食原则”。 科学们正在努力使这个听起来不太现实的情况成为现实。 传统“食肉就是谋杀”的观点可能会变得过时，科学家们已经获取了从“动物细胞”生产“食用肉”的突破性技术。 由亿万富豪比尔·盖茨和理查德•布兰森支持的“孟菲斯肉类公司”正在开发一种能够生产牛肉，鸡肉和鸭肉的技术，而且不需要养殖...
Climate Action
These 5 charts explore the human impact on extreme weather
Is there a link between manmade climate change and the rise in natural disasters in recent decades? Scientists can make a pretty good guess.
Climate Action
Cinco cosas que descubrimos de una de las encuestas más grandes del mundo sobre la juventud
Los jóvenes sienten que quienes toman las decisiones mundiales no los escuchan. Sin embargo, más de la mitad de la población mundial tiene menos de 30 años, por lo que no pasará mucho tie...
Industries in Depth
Scientists serve up 100% real meat, without the cruelty or carbon
A food start-up has found a way to produce succulent, sustainable, slaughter-free animal meat.
Climate Action
5 things we learned from one of the world’s biggest surveys of young people
How do young people feel about refugees, the media and artificial intelligence? What are the big issues keeping them awake at night? Our annual survey of almost 25,000 people has the answ...
Geographies in Depth
All-women police units are on patrol in India to fight sexual harassment
All-female police units have been deployed in areas of two Indian cities.
Nature and Biodiversity
The world's first floating wind farm will power 20,000 homes
The world’s first full-scale floating wind farm is being moved into position 15 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Matt Damon: We need to talk about toilets
The actor and activist is on a not-so-secret mission to end open defecation and improve sanitation in developing countries.