This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 million
Every day across the US, fleets of iconic yellow school buses carry more than 25 million...
Category: WEF
The racial wealth gap in the US is affecting its citizens and its economy – this is how
The US has spent the past century expanding its economic power. As it has grown,...
Biblioburro: The amazing donkey libraries of Colombia
Nestled on the banks of the Magdalena River in the heart of rural Colombia, around...
Drones are saving lives in Tanzania’s remote communities
The largest inland island in Africa sits just a few kilometres from mainland Tanzania and...
1 in 13 young British people have PTSD. Here’s why
Shell shock. Combat stress. Battle fatigue. Soldier’s heart. These are just some of the former...
The top 10 risks to the global economy
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has compiled a list of what it regards as the...
A brief history of cryptography and why it matters
Cryptography, cyphers, secret codes. Words that summon up images of a world of covert messages,...
Mental health stigma: Why the British Royal family dropped the stiff upper lip
Around 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental ill-health or neurological disorders and approximately one-quarter of the...
In this Tokyo cafe, the waiters are robots operated remotely by people with disabilities
A pop-up restaurant in Tokyo has run a trial employing disabled people to work as...
90% of European Jews say anti-Semitism is getting worse
Almost one-in-three Jewish people across Europe have been directly targeted by antisemitic harassment. From online...
