What we need now is unblinkered analysis and coordinated progressive political action beyond the extreme centre at both the national and international levels.
Populists now run the United States, Russia, Turkey, and the Philippines — as well as many Latin American and African nations. What does this mean for the world?
Time is fixed, but people experience hours, months and days in very different ways. One researcher has spent decades exploring this universal phenomenon.
The announcement of Chelsea Manning’s commutation raises questions regarding the future of other high-profile leakers, like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.
For the third consecutive year, it’s the hottest year ever. A climate scientist explains how these predictions are made and why they’re completely different from forecasting the weather.
The world needs to take urgent steps to stop the threat of mass massacres in South Sudan with tough measures that must include direct legal and financial sanctions against the main protagonists.
The Trump Administration is likely to be more aggressive about resisting China in the South China Sea and more forceful about preventing the erosion of America’s position in the western Pacific.
Studies show that biased coverage — from jabs at the German chancellor’s low-cut dress to insinuations that Argentina’s president has a ‘mood disorder’ — undermines women in public office.
The next American administration will have to choose between following Barack Obama’s reform course or relaunching the war on drugs, nationally and internationally.
According to the latest Oxfam report, the richest eight people in the world are as wealthy as the bottom 50% of the world’s population. But let’s scrutinise these numbers a bit more.
For science to have an impact there must be a genuine will to implement its advances. This requires promoting a greater understanding of science in broader society.
There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it may have a far more useful message for us today.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore