Drones are saving lives in Tanzania’s remote communities
The largest inland island in Africa sits just a few kilometres from mainland Tanzania and is the centre of a...
11 April 2019
WEF
2019
1 in 13 young British people have PTSD. Here’s why
Shell shock. Combat stress. Battle fatigue. Soldier’s heart. These are just some of the former names for the condition we...
15 March 2019
The top 10 risks to the global economy
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has compiled a list of what it regards as the top 10 global risks of...
5 March 2019
A brief history of cryptography and why it matters
Cryptography, cyphers, secret codes. Words that summon up images of a world of covert messages, clandestine meetings and international espionage....
20 February 2019
Mental health stigma: Why the British Royal family dropped the stiff upper lip
Around 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental ill-health or neurological disorders and approximately one-quarter of the global population will be affected...
3 January 2019
2018
In this Tokyo cafe, the waiters are robots operated remotely by people with disabilities
A pop-up restaurant in Tokyo has run a trial employing disabled people to work as waiting staff. But this is...
17 December 2018
90% of European Jews say anti-Semitism is getting worse
Almost one-in-three Jewish people across Europe have been directly targeted by antisemitic harassment. From online abuse to being harassed in...
14 December 2018
From 1975: NASA’s vision of a future of in space
You might think that dreaming up what life in a space colony might be like is at the cutting edge...
26 November 2018
Nordic noir: The Scandi unhappiness epidemic
Scandinavia. The Nordics. Home to pine trees, fjords, and the most contented people in the world. From hygge to Janteloven, the people seem...
6 November 2018
More than 90% of people are breathing toxic air
Nearly every person on the planet is breathing in dirty air that is likely damaging our health, often with fatal...
29 October 2018