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Even using public transport is better for your health than travelling by car.
Richer countries import products but not the emissions used to make them.
The data you create when using the internet can actually be used to discriminate against you.
London is a global financial centre that relies on money coming in from overseas. When the EU goes, what is left?
Ebola has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Perhaps the expert handling of the Fukushima nuclear leak could provide a template for what to do next.
Facebook has released the first batch of data about how many abusive or violent posts it has removed.
Even if survival rates for very premature infants have improved, it’s dubious that there is a moral reason to lower the abortion limit.
Series two of the award-winning show has now moved beyond the original novel.
Encouraging other languages in the classroom won’t lead to ‘anarchy’.
Small charities aren’t like small companies, and the way they operate may pose greater risks under GDPR than for others.
Conspiracy theorists have an à la carte attitude to data and trust, so what can scientists do about it?
What your career history means for your retirement future.
Amazon, Google and Apple’s attempts to understand the tone of human voices can reflect human biases.
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
Synaesthesia – a rare experience where the senses merge – comes in many different forms.
A decades-long policy of ambiguity means that Israel’s chemical arsenal remains the subject of speculation.
Studies in psychology cannot be replicated in the same way as in other fields. But technology could change that.
The Scottish club’s move to support women’s struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
Palestinian women are the backbone of a fragmented and demoralised society.
As reports of crimes against humanity mount, Colombia’s post-conflict justice system is still moving desperately slowly.
That the government has finally moved to limit the damage is welcome, but there is much still to do.
More than half of vets consider a change of job, despite considerable financial, emotional and intellectual investment.
Young Palestinian activists are risking their lives to protest against Israeli occupation – here’s why.
The almost total ban on abortion in Ireland does not work to protect women’s health.