The prospect of longer and warmer days in the Northern Hemisphere heralds the return of less favourable conditions for COVID-19 but instead we seem already to have entered a third wave of infections in Europe,...
Virtual Davos, summit is taking place against the backdrop of a crisis that has shredded livelihoods and widened inequalities. The annual event with its roster of influential speakers hopes to help drive a robust, green...
When entrepreneur Juliet Namujju realized COVID masks were preventing her hearing-impaired staff from lip-reading, she resolved to find another enterprising use for Uganda’s mountains of plastic waste. When Juliet Namujju was 5 years old, her...
Here in London, it is tempting to resort to black humour with headlines such as ‘Fog in UK-rest of world isolated’ just as financial markets at last appear, after nine insouciant months, to be taking...
With face masks littering the environment, the search is on for sustainable solutions. Could they be recycled into new products? Or might masks made from organic materials cut pandemic pollution? Jean-Marc Neveu and Olivier Civil...
Political parties are an indispensable part of any form of constitutional democracy. The proper functioning of democracy is unquestionably incomplete without the existence of political parties. They perform multiple functions and illustrate numerous dynamic behaviours...
Last week I suggested that the key to ending the pandemic would be the willingness of younger people to be vaccinated. This week I want to go further and suggest that some priority should be given...
Researchers at MIT have taught artificial intelligence to recognize a coronavirus infection by the sound of coughing. Will we be able to test ourselves every morning by coughing into our smartphones? The fact that smartphones...
A vaccine jointly developed by German company BioNTech and US firm Pfizer has proven to be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19 infections, according to phase 3 trials. German company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer...
Independent booksellers in the US face a crisis long in the making, but the pandemic is accelerating the process. An iconic New York City store is seeking to buck the trend. Early signs suggest it’s...
We remember the “world before”, marked by the rise of so-called emerging countries. Their weight in the world economy had crossed the threshold of half of the world’s GDP at the time of the 2008...
The World Health Organization plans to make 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests available for people in lower- and middle-income countries. The tests are fast, simple and cheap — but are they reliable? The World Health...
