Giving at scale by the super-wealthy has done little to redistribute wealth from rich to poor, helping perpetuate social inequalities rather than remedying them, while paying considerable dividends to donors in the form of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2021
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As Russia and China sign a deal for a shared lunar space station, we look at the new race to the Moon with Nokia even working with NASA to give it a 4G network.
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2021
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The U.K. was one of the first nations to legislate a net zero emissions target in June 2019. Other nations have since followed suit, most significantly China. Xi Jinping, the leader of the world's largest polluter, promised ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2020
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Deprived communities and the most vulnerable in society are bearing the brunt of hardship in the pandemic.
Economics & Business
Oct 15, 2020
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Imagine that one day you're riding the train and decide to hop the turnstile to avoid paying the fare. It probably won't have a big impact on the financial well-being of your local transportation system. But now ask yourself, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2020
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Access to drinking water is a fundamental human right, argues research published in the International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies. Jarosław Kowalski of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, in Lublin, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2020
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Amid two crises—the pandemic and the national reckoning sparked by the killing of George Floyd—there have been anguished calls for Americans to come together across lines of race and partisanship. Change would come, a ...
Political science
Sep 10, 2020
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2020
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The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2020
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An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ascertained how green spaces contribute to the well-being of city-dwellers. The research shows that parks play an essential role in the well-being of individuals, ...
Environment
May 27, 2020
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