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There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands and they account for almost half of all journeys between home and work in the city of

A strange thing happened on the way to the leisure society.   It was once widely anticipated that the process which saw the standard working week fall

One of the most interesting aspects of 2018 has been the amount of change that has occurred in such a short time. There has been a remarkable amount of

The combustion of oil, gas, and coal have made possible a much higher standard of living for humans through radical innovations in technology and science over

Finland has been a top contender on every Program for International Student Assessment survey. The country built a comprehensive education structure

Obesity, undernutrition and climate change are the biggest threats to the world population, linked by profit motives and policy inertia, a top commission said

From Athens to Melbourne and Seoul to New York, big cities are increasingly turning to trees to help protect them from heatwaves and floods, and to boost

In an era characteristically defined as "uncertain", there is one fact that every industry can agree on: artificial intelligence (AI) will be one of the most

The varied universes of science fiction often offer inspiration for emerging technologies, or at least fitting leads for articles to describe them. Take the

Hollywood is chockablock with movies about zombie apocalypses caused by some uncontrollable infection, while alarming real-world headlines proclaim the next

The ocean can’t take any more. For centuries we have dumped our unwanted waste into the seas, creating a crisis that threatens not only marine life, but

2018 was bonkers for science. From a woman who gave birth using a transplanted uterus, to the infamousCRISPR baby scandal, to

2018 was when neuroscience made the impossible possible. There was the dazzling array of crazy neurotech: paralyzed patients shopped and texted 

The world today needs a new framework for global cooperation in order to preserve peace and accelerate progress. After the cataclysm of World War II, leaders

The world is, as everyone knows, going to hell, but there’s still the nervous thrill of waiting to see precisely which dark force will take us down. Will