The 17 Innovation Platforms
Where will the next 1000 babies be born? In 2023, if not already, India will take over China as the world’s most populous country. A key determinant of the global population rate is women’s average number of children over their lifetime – the ‘fertility rate.’ Fertility rates have fallen rapidly…
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Where will the next 1000 babies be born? In 2023, if not already, India will take over China as the…
Human Rights exist to protect individuals and minorities against abuse of power by the state or the tyranny of the…
Lucem_mecul/Shutterstock Vageesh Jain, UCL Through the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that an effective response to an emergency of…
Image of Earth’s city lights, created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. NASA/Newsmakers via Getty Images Matthew E.…
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Eritrean foreign minister Osman Saleh shakes hands with Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, Moscow, April 2022. Eritrea was the only…
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind security fencing on June 28, 2022.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Matthew Lebo, Western University, and…
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F*** You from Olivia Rodrigo (19) (feat. Lily Allen) (Glastonbury 2022) On Friday, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,…
Menjer lake in Wonosobo, Central Java. (Anis Efizudin/Antara) David Firnando Silalahi, Australian National University, and Andrew Blakers, Australian National University…
Mark Diesendorf, UNSW Sydney Many climate activists, scientists, engineers, and politicians are trying to reassure us the climate crisis can…
A satellite captured large and small deforestation patches in Amazonas State in 2015. The forest loss has escalated since then.…
Composite illustration features the 21 victims — including 19 children and two teachers — of a mass shooting at Robb…
We should rename the “AR-15” the “Republican Senator” because it costs lives and is too easy to buy.— Jack Cocchiarella…