With the world distracted by conflicts elsewhere, the Syrian civil war flares up again
Turkey-backed Sunni forces in the north, US-supported Kurdish forces in the northeast, and the Shiite-backed Assad government ...
A ‘TV Garden?’ How video artist Nam June Paik anticipated pressing environmental questions
South Korean artist Nam June Paik showed new ways to understand the relationship between nature and technology, including in ...
Do you know what populism is? Research suggests most don’t, but some view it with disdain anyway
People in Canada, the United States, Italy and France have very different perceptions of what populism is. Here’s why it’s ...
Leading the charge: how regenerative business leadership can improve social, environmental, and economic systems
Regenerative business empowers communities, boosts resilience, and can improve the environment. The RIFT model can help CEOs ...
Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence
Noam Chomsky’s notion of the human instinct for freedom ties together his many intellectual pursuits, from educating creative ...
Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should feel shame
The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement ...
Threatening texts targeting minorities after election were vile − but they might not be illegal
The First Amendment might complicate plans to prosecute the people who sent up to 500,000 anonymous messages in November ...
NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end
Once the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer couldn’t survey widely anymore, NASA scientists switched gears and began using ...
African migrants can drive growth in their home countries – but three barriers stand in the way
African countries seem to agree that migration can link to development outcomes, but struggle with actually implementing it.
Why you should talk to people you disagree with about politics
Conversations don’t immediately change people’s minds, but they can eventually. And in the meantime, they help forge real ...
Are trans women ‘biologically male’? The answer is complicated
Republicans are seeking to define ‘sex’ in federal law. But after centuries of debate, doctors, scientists and judges haven’t ...
Welfare payments are going digital in Africa – but this isn’t helping those without internet access or smartphones
Digitalising social protection overcomes several inefficiencies – but also creates barriers that prevent access for millions ...