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U.S. Will Trail Other Rich Nations In Life Expectancy By 2030
While other nations are set to break records, America lags behind in life expectancy projections. Life expectancy is…
2020-07-13
Where Same-Sex Marriages Are Legal
At a glance, here are the countries where same-sex marriages are fully or partially legal. The number of…
2020-06-25
The World’s Most Powerful Passports Of 2020
If you’re a passport holder in these countries, you can travel freer than anyone else. Earlier this year,…
2020-06-23
How To Make Your Parents Happy
You are one of, if not the best things to ever happen to your parents. It only makes…
2020-06-19
Which Countries Have The Richest Adults?
On average, the adult citizens hailing from these countries are the wealthiest in the world. These countries recorded…
2020-06-17
Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s
As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of…
2020-06-17
Coronavirus: What If The Vaccine Or Drugs Don’t Save Us?
The curve of the COVID-19 epidemic has been flattened in many countries around the world, and it hasn’t…
2020-06-13
Are We Opening When We Should?
Right now, the entire world is just testing how we are going to continue to live our lives.…
2020-06-05
If More Of Us Work From Home After Coronavirus We’ll Need To Rethink City Planning
We have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people working from home as directed by governments…
2020-04-28
7 Most Watched Sports In The World
Most Watched Sports One hallmark of our modern world is the proliferation of sporting activities. No matter which…
2020-03-31
Here’s Why The WHO Says A Coronavirus Vaccine Is 18 Months Away
The World Health Organisation said this week it may be 18 months before a vaccine against the coronavirus…
2020-02-15
False Information Fuels Fear During Disease Outbreaks: There Is An Antidote
False allegations and rumours about the coronavirus outbreak have been running riot on social media and in some…
2020-02-13
We’re In Danger Of Drowning In A Coronavirus ‘Infodemic’. Here’s How We Can Cut Through The Noise
The novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 1,100 people now has a name – COVID-19.…
2020-02-13
The World’s Top Cities Face Stiff Competition, Here’s Why
As concerns about geopolitics, demographics and climate change rise and technological advances redefine established city hierarchies, the attention…
2020-02-06
The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For A Pandemic
Pandemics are the largest killers of humankind throughout history. Right now, we are facing the HIV/AIDS pandemic which…
2020-02-04
How Does The Wuhan Coronavirus Cause Severe Illness?
We usually think of viral respiratory infections, like the common cold, as mild nuisances that pass in a…
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
Why So Many Tennis Players Go Pro Even Though Few ‘Make It’
Tennis players take on a huge risk in deciding to turn pro – the odds of earning a…
2020-02-01
Britain Is About To Leave The EU – What’s Next?
Britain will shortly leave the European Union. So that’s it. Brexit is over, right? Wrong. To channel former…
2020-01-30
What We Know Suggests The Economic Impact Of Wuhan Coronavirus Will Be Limited
The Wuhan coronavirus has had a significant human toll. More than 100 people have died and nearly 3,000…
2020-01-28
Should We Be Worried About The New Wuhan Coronavirus?
The World Health Organisation has postponed its decision about whether to classify the new Wuhan coronavirus as a…
2020-01-24
6 Essential Cleaning Tips Every Pet Owner Should Know
There are so many qualities you can enjoy while owning a pet; you get unconditional love; purity and…
2020-01-21
Bushfires: Can Ecosystems Recover From Such Dramatic Losses Of Biodiversity?
The sheer scale and intensity of the Australian bushfire crisis have led to apocalyptic scenes making the front…
2020-01-16
The Beginning And The End Of Wildfires
Wildfires, forest fires, bush fires, or grass fires —all of these simply refer to uncontrolled fires that wipe…
2020-01-09
The Madrid Climate Talks Failed Spectacularly. Here’s What Went Down
The United Nations’ COP25 climate talks concluded on Sunday morning in Madrid, almost 40 hours overtime. After two…
2019-12-20
Why Democracy Produces Incompetent Leaders – And How to Fix it
Democracy doesn’t work. Plato thought it was a terrible system, a prelude to tyranny, giving power to selfish…
2019-12-18
What Boris Johnson’s Victory Means For Britain’s Place In The World
With Boris Johnson’s impressive election victory, one of the biggest questions in British politics will be answered: Brexit,…
2019-12-17
Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities In The World 2019
Which cities are the most beautiful in the world? FlightNetwork asked thousands of travel writers, travel bloggers, and…
2019-11-20
12 Simple Ways You Can Reduce Bushfire Risk To Older Homes
Seventy-five years of Australian research into how houses respond to bushfire has identified 21 main weak points in…
2019-11-14
Environmental Stress Is Already Causing Death – This Chaos Map Shows Where
Over 12 days at the start of October 2019 eight people were killed, more than 1,300 injured and…
2019-11-11
The Countries Best Prepared To Deal With A Pandemic
Multiple times across history, pandemics killed large proportions of humanity. One of the recent pandemics includes the emergence…
2019-11-07
Top Tech Gifts For Music Lovers
The world has come a long way since the majority of chart-toppers originated in places such as England…
2019-11-02
Hong Kong Protesters Shouldn’t Pin Hopes On Outsiders To Solve Their Impasse With Beijing
The decision by the US House of Representatives to pass legislation tightening up the scrutiny of Hong Kong’s…
2019-10-29
Surveying Archaeologists Across The Globe Reveals Deeper And More Widespread Roots Of The Human Age, The Anthropocene
Examples of how human societies are changing the planet abound – from building roads and houses, clearing forests…
2019-10-15
What Will The School Of The Future Look Like?
There aren’t that many fields that have been as profoundly transformed by technology as education. We went from…
2019-10-07
The Joker’s Origin Story Comes At A Perfect Moment: Clowns Define Our Times
The joker, the trickster, the jester, the provocateur – there is a rich cultural history of these roles…
2019-10-04
How The Youth-Led Climate Strikes Became A Global Mass Movement
It began as a call to action from a group of youth activists scattered across the globe and…
2019-09-24
The Plastic Challenge: Are We Solving the Plastic Problem or Creating Demons for the Future?
When plastic became the “wonder” product for solving so many modern issues in the 1970s, we did not…
2019-09-16
Designing For Future Ready Cities
Engineering has always been about building for what lies ahead, creating lasting legacies in the form of extraordinary…
2019-09-10
How Will We Travel The World In 2050?
If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon…
2019-09-02
‘It Eats Everything’ – The New Breed Of Wildfire That’s Impossible To Predict
Climate change and negligent forest management are causing higher-intensity, faster-moving fires that can generate enough energy to evolve into erratic firestorms, known as…
2019-08-27
‘We Die Together’: Hong Kong Protests Are Being Driven By A Fearless Young Generation
As the protests in Hong Kong continue, it’s not uncommon to see teenagers dressed in full battle gear.…
2019-08-24
The World’s Forests Will Collapse If We Don’t Learn To Say ‘No’
An alarming study has shown that the world’s forests are not only disappearing rapidly but that areas of…
2019-08-24
Surprise! Digital Space Isn’t Replacing Public Space, And Might Even Help Make It Better
You’re on the train on your daily commute, head bowed, peering at your phone. A cavalcade of news…
2019-08-19
Poor Housing Leaves Its Mark On Our Mental Health For Years To Come
Australia carries an enormous and increasing mental health burden. At the same time, housing disadvantage is on the…
2019-08-08
Could A National Buyback Program Reduce Gun Violence In America?
Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. residents. Gun…
2019-08-06
The Ups And Downs And Clashes Of Western Civilization
Ethnocentric, sexist and racist ideologies demonstrate why it is important to de-colonise the study and teaching of European…
2019-07-31
Getting Into The Urban Property Development Market: How Developers Can Appeal To Metro Masses And Break The Profit Barrier
The urban property regeneration continues, with both businesses and renters flocking to the cities in search of the…
2019-07-29