Anthropology New simulation can predict where refugees will flee after a conflict October 23, 2017 - Updated on October 24, 2017
Climate There is no real debate around ‘is climate change real?’ October 10, 2017 - Updated on May 11, 2023
Animals Most shark fins and ray gills sold in Vancouver come from threatened, trade-banned species August 29, 2017 - Updated on August 9, 2023
News The first new Thorium salt reactor comes online after 40 years August 28, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Agriculture Fish farming could cover our demand for seafood one hundred times over, paper estimates August 16, 2017
Animals Pangolin poaching is driving the species extinct, despite international trade ban July 21, 2017
Environment New study maps Europe’s regional carbon footprints, helps us understand how to reduce emissions July 19, 2017
Environment Only five nuclear explosions are enough to change the climate and trigger a ‘nuclear autumn’ July 17, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Animals Large carnivores like the lion or tiger lost more than 90% of their range in the last 500 years July 13, 2017 - Updated on February 22, 2019
Mind & Brain One in five bots sharing fake news during France’s presidential election were also involved in the United States’ July 11, 2017
Environmental Issues Environment cuts massive rift between US and the rest of the world July 11, 2017 - Updated on July 8, 2018
News Researchers quantify basic rules of ethics and morality, plan to copy them into smart cars, even AI July 5, 2017 - Updated on July 7, 2017
Green Living Bad beef: Despite pledge, Burger King continues to cause massive deforestation July 3, 2017 - Updated on November 1, 2022
Climate Angela Merkel, German Chancellor: ‘We cannot wait to act until the [climate] science has convinced every last doubter’ June 30, 2017
News Climate-change-induced heat will kill tens of thousands of Americans every year by 2090 June 30, 2017
News Society will buckle under 2 billion climate-refugees by 2100 as rising oceans displace whole cities June 27, 2017 - Updated on April 27, 2018
Climate Coral reefs barely survived bleaching, will be gone within the century unless we act June 27, 2017
Environmental Issues Norway to Brazil: If you keep destroying the Amazon, we’ll cut our $1bn funding June 23, 2017
Climate There will be no renegotiation of the Paris agreement, EU Parliament tells Trump June 15, 2017 - Updated on October 31, 2017
Health How many obese and overweight people are there in the world? June 13, 2017 - Updated on May 14, 2019
News IBM puts its technological might to work solving world problems under the Science for Social Good initiative June 8, 2017
Environment As Trump alienates the US from the rest of the world, California Gov. takes up climate talks with China June 7, 2017 - Updated on June 26, 2017
Climate “Make our planet great again” — The world reacts to Trump quitting the Paris Agreement June 5, 2017
Environment Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Disney CEO Bob Iger resign from Trump Presidential Council after Paris Agreement withdrawal announced June 2, 2017
Environment World leaders distance themselves from Trump’s environmental policies in unusually frank statement May 29, 2017
News Stephen Hawking revises his deadline for humans escaping Earth — it’s now just 100 years May 5, 2017 - Updated on May 6, 2017
Climate EPA removes climate science website to “reflect the priorities… of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt” May 3, 2017
News As neuroscience advances, new human right laws are required to ensure our minds remain our own April 27, 2017 - Updated on April 28, 2017
Environmental Issues 4 Infographics that clearly illustrate our ecological footprints April 25, 2017 - Updated on May 5, 2017
Animals A modern atlas provides maps necessary to save the world’s biodiversity April 25, 2017 - Updated on May 19, 2017
Climate We just breached the 410 ppm threshold for carbon dioxide — the highest it’s been since the mid-Pliocene April 24, 2017
Environment Empowering women around the world could help usher in a sustainable society, paper argues April 21, 2017
Culture & Society The Mesopotamian Venice: The Lost Floating Homes of Iraq April 7, 2017 - Updated on July 5, 2023
