In thunder, lightning, or... Gamma rays may warn you of the next hurlyburly
Radiation sensors can predict lightning within 10 minutes and around 2 kilometers of where they happen
‘Potentially hazardous’ space rock to fly past Earth on June 24
Named 441987 (2010 NY65), the rock has a diameter of 130 to 300 metres and will pass the Earth at a speed of more than 45,000 kilometres per …
Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession
An inflation watcher used the current US situation to break down inflation for the layperson
US Defense Department is worried about climate change. It's also a huge carbon emitter
The Department of Defense is the US government’s largest fossil fuel consumer, accounting for between 77% and 80% of all federal government …
'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'
Second-hand clothing business has changed peoples’ lives for the better — they get a fair wage, steady employment, health care and …
Caster Semenya: the legal and ethical issues that should concern us all
There are ethical concerns about the way in which the research was conducted that led to the decision
Graphic design could be holding back action on climate change – here’s how
Knowing our audiences better and being informed about how we deploy colour, imagery, logos and other elements in the graphic design of climate …
Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky
In 2019, Ukraine, Philippines, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela and Brazil, recorded tens of thousands of measles …
Four years since killer quake, Nepal building homes and skills
A multi-pronged partnership is helping families recover in Gorkha district, central Nepal
World Earth Day: A new landscape on the horizon
Changes in the East African rift system suggest that the African continent could split into two
Empathy is the secret ingredient that makes cooperation – and civilization – possible
Even initially uncooperative societies in which everyone judged each other based mostly on their own selfish perspectives, eventually discovered …
Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this – here’s how they can make amends
It is not only the intensity of environmental disasters that makes them devastating – poverty also has a huge bearing on how things play out
What if we could know what's going on in your brain without splicing it open
Nerve cells communicate wirelessly too. More neural pathways can explain why different parts of the brain connect quickly during complicated tasks
How childhood infections and antibiotics may increase risks of mental illness
Hospitalization for an infection might leave you at greater risk for mental illness, according to a recent study
Indigenous or not: the Uyghurs and their claim to Xinjiang
The Chinese narrative of Uyghur history shows that China has made sustained efforts to keep Xinjiang within its orbit, which has geopolitical, …
Social cost of CO2 emission
India’s country-level social cost of carbon emission was estimated to be the highest at $86 per tonne of CO2. It means the Indian economy …
Is ‘chocapocalypse’ looming? Why we need to understand what’s at stake
Even though developed markets are at the forefront of chocolate indulgence, future growth opportunities could be elsewhere
How lifestyle changes can address sleep disorders
Changes in lifestyle like avoiding caffeine before going to bed can address sleep disorders that impair physical, psychological and social …
Rural poor yet to see benefits of improving sanitation in Tanzania
Open defecation has reduced from 20% in 2012 to 5% in 2017 but benefits have largely gone to the rich
Deforestation, change in crop pattern, direct fallout of China’s pork push
The globe’s largest pork market and industry is changing itself and others in its mission to produce huge amounts of the meat
‘Columbus Day is the celebration of genocide’
October 12 is when the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus making landfall in the Caribbean in his 3 caravels. A ‘cacique’ (…
What are we doing to stop plastic menace?
The mission to end the plastic menace must include ending single-use plastics, promoting alternatives to fossil fuel-based materials, …
Why bullshit hurts democracy more than lies
The bullshitter may do even more damage than the liar in politics
Horses caused the ethnic makeup of Eurasia to change: Studies
The Hunnic and Mongol invasions caused people in the region to transform from Indo-European to Turkic speakers
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them.