Gillette’s ‘The best a man can be’ advertisement has dared to be different in how it speaks to its male…
Sunrise in the Salinas Valley, an agriculture hub of central California. Depleted aquifers have left once-valuable cropland useless. Shutterstock Grant Ferguson,…
For many of us, a better diet means cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50% and doubling the…
New research shows that the 2016 Brexit vote actually had a positive effect on European integration, boosting the EU’s popularity.…
Le Pont-Neuf et la Pompe de la Samaritaine, vue du quai de la Mégisserie, painting by Nicolas Raguenet (circa 1750-1760). Musée…
Swedish academic Hans Rosling in his book Factfulness has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced…
Jen Schradie, Sciences Po – USPC In less than a month, France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) have gone from being…
Responsibility as the obligation to repair damages. Les gilets jaunes Joan Mora. François-Xavier de Vaujany, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL…
“She’ll cut your head off, and you won’t even know you’re bleeding. That’s all you need to know about her,”…
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after his swearing-in on Jan. 1, 2019, in the capital of Brasilia. AP Photo/Andre Penner Benjamin H.…
A plastic waste dump. Mohameed Abdulraheem/shutterstock.com Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis This year, I served on the judging…
Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey The Westminster bubble has been gripped by Theresa May’s dilemma for weeks: committed to having…
Paris is burning. Yoan Valat/EPA Michael Mehling, University of Strathclyde The gilets jaunes movement, by its own description, is motivated…
John Brewer, Queen’s University Belfast Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their…
“He lies in WhatsApp”, reads a sign of presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro during a protest against Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo,…
aboutmcdonalds/flickr, CC BY-SA McDonaldization is the term invented by George Ritzer to describe a sociological phenomenon that is happening in our society. According to…
Shutterstock Ancient Silk Road – First Global Supply Chain The Silk Road was approximately 4,000 miles (6,440 km) from its…
Every flush by a typical toilet sends about 6 to 16 litres of fresh water to wastewater treatment centres. lchumpitaz/Shutterstock…
“Give him a Headshot!” I can hear my sons commanding voice from his bedroom. Scary? He is only playing Fortnite…
Most of Kyoto’s narrow streets could become no-car zones. Author provided Brendan F.D. Barrett, Osaka University and Larissa Hjorth, RMIT University…