In the wake of the final round of France’s local elections, we asked political pundit Frédéric Sawicki what the mayoral vote tells us about the political future of the two main contenders –…
Buildings are one of the largest contributors to global energy consumption. In 2025 they accounted for around 30% of total global energy demand, 70% of which came from residential buildings.
The price of most chocolate bars has gone up worldwide in the past year, after cocoa bean prices rose dramatically in 2024. As cocoa prices shot up, many farmers in tropical cocoa-producing countries…
Intelligence agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome.
Youth in Canada’s child welfare system need stronger government leadership to improve educational outcomes.
History can sometimes take an unexpected turn. One of these curious, revolutionary twists came in the mid-19th century, when the tale of an unassuming everyday object – the billiard ball – ended in…
In February 2023, a little more than a year after the launch of ChatGPT, Vanderbilt University sent an email to its student body in the wake of a fatal campus shooting at Michigan State. “The recent…
The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus…
Few regions pose as much of an economic conundrum as Pittsburgh. Is the city and region – once the center of American steelmaking – a paragon of postindustrial transformation, or a left-behind region…
Millie Morales believes in hard work. “I feel that as an American citizen, we all have a great opportunity to be able to improve our life,” the 58-year-old woman explained in an interview I conducted…
When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset.
Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults. Those are the key…
As of July 2026, graduate degree programs in nursing, public health, social work, public policy and more will no longer be defined as professional degrees by the Department of Education. The change…
It is impossible to capture seven decades of formidable intellect, wrapped into some 14,000 books and articles, in less than a thousand words.
A new type of daily pill has proven more effective for weight loss and blood sugar control than its currently available counterparts, according to a recent trial.
When Passover arrives each spring, Jewish families around the world gather at their tables to retell a story passed down for thousands of years.
The British artist Banksy, who is in part famous for being anonymous, has seemingly been unmasked – again.
Across the world, climate governance bodies are finding ways to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and store them in a place where they can’t escape and warm up the planet. This is…
More than 560 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. About 384 million live in countries classified by the World Bank as conflict-affected, where poverty, insecurity and weak…
The recent deployment of US soldiers in Nigeria to assist the west African country in its counterterrorism campaign could worsen Nigeria’s insecurity. It might be perceived as a sign of weakness;…