This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kirsten Wilkens admires places like Paris, where bike lanes have sprung up in response to COVID-19. And Milan, with its expansive piazza that affords people the luxury of space and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A team of five students from Ghana, Costa Rica, and the United States recently won a US$5,000 prize for developing a model to turn waste into sustainable fertilizer for rural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. UNICEF — the United Nations Children’s Fund — is probably best known to Americans of a certain age for the orange trick-or-treat boxes it has been distributing to young trick-or-treaters since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investment in health care systems — and innovative ways to improve them — is on the rise. Reports estimate that new, global health ventures could generate $1.65 trillion in new business…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 continues to surge globally, communities and countries are facing the very real health, social, and economic impacts of the pandemic, and entire industries are being upended in ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, David Attenborough’s new Netflix documentary Our Planet has created another of these symbols: a walrus falling off a cliff, a behaviour the animal has learned in response to the pressures of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our exit strategy from the Covid-19 pandemic relies on investing in research. But finding a vaccine won’t be enough – effective treatments have to be part of the strategy, too.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, especially young children. It’s also exceptionally dangerous to another at-risk group: pregnant women. Researchers have estimated that 10 to 20 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases. Changes in…
Alex Amouyel is the Executive Director of Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Solve is a community of cross-sector leaders devoted to identifying and supporting solutions to actionable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Homi Kharas, writing for Brookings, argues that global poverty has worsened due to a lack of political will and international leadership, and not solely because of COVID-19. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding to fight HIV among gay and bisexual men and transgender women is a fraction of what it should be, researchers said, with advocates blaming stigma for the shortfall. Gay…