China’s fight against desertification should not be done at the cost of water security
521 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Kai Schwärzel
For the first time, China has hosted a major global event on desertification and…
Will whoever controls gene editing control historical memory?
282 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Julie Louise Bacon
In July, Harvard scientists used a gene-editing technology first developed in 2013 to programme…
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This old Catholic ritual is giving Brazil’s economy a small boost, one Virgin Mary statuette at a time
347 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Bernardo Figueiredo
Brazilians are moving away from Catholicism. Today, fewer than 50 percent of Brazilians identify…
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How Hong Kong Umbrella movement was crushed and pro-democracy activists gradually silenced
390 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Edmund W. Cheng
Young Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law were released…
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can EU countries work together to care for their elderly?
442 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Milena Pavlova
European societies are ageing. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over…
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Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river could fuel more conflicts in the country
422 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Julian Kirchherr
Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on…
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how to really help bees
280 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Michał Filipiak
Planting bee-friendly plants seems to be the new fad in many cities around the…
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Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
428 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Christopher H. Lim
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed countries,…
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For Beijing, the greatest threat to China’s national security is not the Kim regime: it is the US
351 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Anny Boc
With every new North Korean missile – such as the one launched on Tuesday…
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Ecuador’s school food is bad for kids — and the environment
484 Views August 7, 2018 Be first to comment Irene Torres
Each year, malnutrition costs Ecuador the equivalent of 4.3% of its gross domestic product,…
