Cuba battles plague of giant snails
Silently and without pause, the giant African snail has been invading Cuba.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2019
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News tagged with economic problems
How to stop climate change: six ways to make the world a better place
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg claims we need system change to save the planet, and the majority of experts, from the IPCC, through to our own research, would certainly agree with this.
Environment
May 1, 2019
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Surviving climate change means transforming both economics and design
What could be more important than sustaining habitable living conditions on Earth? Climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demand changes on an order of magnitude well beyond the trajectory of business-as-usual. ...
Environment
Apr 11, 2019
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Boeing 737 MAX: After two fatal crashes, an expert explains the issues
The Boeing 737 is the most produced commercial aeroplane in history: over 10,000 have been built since it first flew in 1967, with thousands more on order. Even the UK's Royal Air Force is to put them into service as the ...
Engineering
Mar 20, 2019
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How to make water issues matter to world leaders
In December 1992, the UN General Assembly declared 22 March World Water Day, to be celebrated each year. With increasing populations and economic activities, many countries face water scarcity – which in turn limits their ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2019
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Big stats, human stories change attitudes about global issues
New research from Cornell University sheds light on the types of statistical and narrative evidence that are most effective at persuading people to pay attention to global issues.
Political science
Mar 13, 2019
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Google puts up $25 million for AI research to help humanity, Earth
Ladies and gentlemen, start your algorithms: Google is creating a $25 million fund for artificial intelligence research around the world, to address social and economic problems.
Business
Oct 31, 2018
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The stresses and strains of work and unemployment
A stressful workplace can damage your health. But so too can being out of work. Cambridge researchers are trying to understand why both situations can be detrimental to our health and wellbeing – and help employers and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2018
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Big data shows how what we buy affects endangered species
The things we consume, from iPhones to cars to IKEA furniture, have costs that go well beyond their purchase price. What if the soybeans used to make that tofu you ate last night were grown in fields that were hewn out of ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2017
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Researchers call for urgent shift in food research to address world's 'rising nutrition crisis'
Researchers have proposed a new global approach to tackling the world's mounting nutrition and food production crisis.
Environment
Dec 1, 2016
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