This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You may have noticed that weather forecasts on your cellphone are reasonably accurate for the next three to five days, but very iffy eight to 10 days out. This may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After their introduction more than 80 years ago, antibiotics saved millions of lives, transforming health care. Now, though, the ubiquitous use of these “wonder drugs” has led to the natural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. he coronavirus has devastated the world and killed about 2.3 million people globally. It has infected more than 100 million others, and new variants threaten another surge in cases even as vaccines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers worked with 16 elementary schools across Central Texas to install vegetable gardens and teach classes to students and parents about nutrition and cooking. The team specifically targeted schools with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new coal-fired power plants, PLTU 9 and 10, are being constructed in Suralaya, Indonesia to provide an additional 2,000 MW of installed electricity capacity. Seven coal-fired units already operate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advancing racial equity will take not only transformation of tangible programs, systems, and structures but will also require symbolic rejection of racism and bias—from Robert E. Lee’s name on elementary…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My name is Chanda Anand Anchan and I am the founder of a self-help group (SHG) involved in waste management in the city of Udupi, where I live. I started…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spending time outdoors provides essential lessons about how we relate to the natural world, how we depend upon it for our health and welfare, and the responsibility we all share…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in companies that are adapting, transitioning and innovating around climate change can be an important part of mitigating some of its most harmful effects. At the same time, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Jevin West read the news rife with number-heavy coverage of both Covid-19 and the election last fall, he kept finding new examples to bring to his class on data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The small Himalayan country of Bhutan, mainly known for measuring national happiness instead of GDP, is the only carbon-negative country on the planet. Believe it or not, it has only had one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women in Latin America are giving up on work or struggling to find jobs as the pandemic threatens to wipe out a decade of female economic progress, the United Nations…