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Norway Will Spend $13 Million To Upgrade Its Doomsday Seed Vault
Norway will spend 100 million Norwegian Crowns ($12.7 million) to upgrade the doomsday seed vault it built 10 years ago. The…
2018-03-05
Norway’s Billion-Dollar Bet On An Even Cleaner Transport Future
Norway has just announced a new tool in its fight against transit emissions: a new network of bike…
2016-03-10
Satellites Are Burning Up In The Upper Atmosphere – And We Still Don’t Know What Impact This Will Have On The Earth’s Climate
Paul Fleet / shutterstock Fionagh Thomson, Durham University Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100…
2024-02-25
Middle Powers: What are they and why do they matter?
António Guterres’ Special Address at Davos 2024 was stark. The United Nations Secretary-General warned that the world must…
2024-02-21
Apple Previews New Entertainment Experiences Launching With Apple Vision Pro
January 16, 2024PRESS RELEASE Apple previews new entertainment experiences launching with Apple Vision Pro Users can turn any space into…
2024-01-16
A Day In the Life of a Chess Player
The day started in the most awe-inspiring sunshine. The coffee maker started rumbling, a signal that it’s time…
2023-12-22
Resource Realism: The Geopolitics Of Critical Mineral Supply Chains
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this article possible. Executive summary Introduction Competition between…
2023-09-13
Settle Into 10 Of The Most Beautiful Libraries On Earth
Designers, it seems, have figured out one way to get people to read more: Make libraries more beautiful.…
2023-09-05
The International Booker Prize longlist is out. Where are the authors from?
If you want to follow an ex-Soviet security officer and an ageing hippy around the Ukrainian city of…
2023-04-22
Where Corruption Is Rampant
Transparency International has released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index which gauges levels of perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories…
2023-02-01
COP27: A year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever
The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being…
2022-11-11
The Most Used Energy Sources in Europe
Much of Europe has set itself the goal of switching away from heavily polluting fossil fuels and towards…
2022-10-14
Where Living Is the Most Expensive
While living in Switzerland is roughly 12 percent cheaper than in New York City according to Numbeo’s Cost of…
2021-09-29
How Much Do Countries Spend on Education?
When it comes to education, there are not only big differences in attainment levels across the world, but also…
2021-09-21
IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body –…
2021-08-11
The Best Places to Survive Societal Collapse
Conventional wisdom might identify a lonely island as the best place to survive the apocalypse. A new scientific…
2021-08-05
How the COVID-19 delay of the Tokyo Olympics helped some athletes break records
After an unprecedented delay due to a once-in-a-century global health crisis, the Tokyo Games are finally ready to…
2021-08-04
Switzerland Tops The Global Talent List Of 2020
European economies take eight out of top 10 spots in 2020 world talent ranking. Apprenticeships and employee training…
2021-06-03
What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Anthony Zulli, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University…
2021-04-17
What Is A Smart City Like In 2021?
The concept of a ‘smart city’ should not be difficult to define in 2021, since we have actual…
2021-03-25
Going Circular: 7 European Cities’ Quest To Become Fully Sustainable
On the outskirts of Roskilde, about 30 kilometers from Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen, lies a small, but significant…
2021-03-18
Best City To Open A Company Worldwide
Firstly, congrats on deciding to open a company! We know how it can be hard to start something…
2021-02-20
They Can Capture More Carbon Than They Emit. So Why Aren’t Wooden Buildings Mainstream?
There are various ways to store excess carbon dioxide. ‘One way is to have it hidden in buildings,’…
2021-02-02
Which Prisons Offer The Most Freedom For Incarcerated Prisoners?
Talking about freedom in relation to life in prison may sound like a paradox, but if you dig…
2020-12-10
Why Antimicrobials Matter In The Fight Against Covid
In these pandemic times, many people may ask why we should bother with antimicrobials when we know what…
2020-10-25
Boost For Global Response To COVID-19 As Economies Worldwide Formally Sign Up To COVAX Facility
64 higher income economies have joined the COVAX Facility, a global initiative that brings together governments and manufacturers…
2020-09-22
5 Reasons Why More People Are Heading To Scandinavia For Their Holidays
Parts of Scandinavia can get 24 hours of sun but right now, the whole region is in the…
2020-07-02
The Countries Where Press Freedom Thrives In 2020
These are the freest countries for journalists, according to the 2020 World Press Freedom Index. Norway emerges as…
2020-05-04
The World’s 10 Greenest Countries
These countries are ranked the greenest in the world, according to the Good Country Index. Out of 153…
2020-04-25
Which Countries Achieved Economic Growth? And Why Does It Matter?
The average person at present is about four times richer than the average person back in 1950, according…
2020-02-17
Can We Rebuild The Country After Trump?
Can we rebuild the United States after President Trump is gone? And how would we do it? It’s…
2020-02-06
The Countries With The Highest Social Mobility
Social mobility is the ability of a child to have a better life than their parents, simply put. …
2020-02-04
5 Tips For Traveling With Your Vape Gear
Winter is in full swing, and people everywhere are making plans to escape the cold weather for a…
2020-02-04
2019 Is The Year Of Democratic Setbacks And Popular Protests
The global 2019 Democracy Index score diminished from 5.48 in 2018 to 5.44 2019, according to a recently…
2020-02-02
The Global Gender Gap Report 2020
Our world is on its way to building fairer and more inclusive economies. One aspect where gap remains…
2020-01-10
The World Is In A Revolutionary Moment – How Can The Global Left Be A Serious Player?
We are living in an extraordinary moment in world history. This is a period of intense, frequent and…
2019-11-05
The Top 10 Most Resilient Countries In The World 2019
We are living in a world which compels us to constantly take risks. There are times where these…
2019-10-18
Five Things Every Government Needs To Do Right Now To Tackle The Climate Emergency
If targets were enough to beat the climate crisis, we would have cause for celebration. The UK, Norway,…
2019-10-01
Quality Of Nationality Index: What Is Your Nationality’s Worth?
Deeply saddening, yes, but the reality that can be observed in this world is that a person’s nationality…
2019-09-30
Amazon Fires Explained: What Are They, Why Are They So Damaging, And How Can We Stop Them?
Imagine a rainforest at dawn – the tall canopy laden with dripping ferns and orchids, tree trunks covered…
2019-08-25
Which Countries Have The Most Trade Agreements?
Which countries are the most involved when it comes to trade? Here are those who made it on…
2019-08-21
Japan & Singapore Ranked Most Powerful According To Henley & Partners Passport Index
Henley & Partners has released their updated 2019 rankings of passport rankings for countries in the world. This…
2019-07-03
What Does The Trump Administration Want From Iran?
Two oil tankers were attacked on June 13 off the coast of Oman, forcing the crew members of…
2019-06-16
As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home
Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors…
2019-06-12
How Did The First World War Start?
The causes of the Great War are still being debated a century on, but time has led to…
2018-11-12
Humanity Is More Important Than Money — It’s Time For Capitalism To Get An Upgrade
What capitalism prioritizes, the world does more of. So how can we change capitalism so that it focuses…
2018-09-18
Preparing Your City For The Electric Vehicle Surge? Ask Oslo.
An automobile revolution is coming our way – only you might have trouble hearing it this time. Oslo’s…
2018-08-31