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Which countries possess nuclear weapons?

On 6 August 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The United States would drop a second bomb on another Japanese city, Nagasaki, three days later. At that t...

你的国家对跨性别者有多大的支持度？

根据2016年12月发布的一个投票，西班牙是对跨性别者权利最为支持的国家。这个调查由新闻网站BuzzFeed、调查公司Ipsos和加州大学洛杉矶分校法律学院威廉姆斯研究所协作完成，BuzzFeed称这个调查“开其先河”。 调查对来自23个国家的参与者询问他们对于一系列跨性别问题的看法，内容从对抗歧视到更具体的权利如结婚、收养儿童等。而这些国家则得到一个总分为一百分的得分...

Transgender rights: How supportive is your country?

Spain is the country most supportive of transgender rights, according to a poll published in December 2016. The survey was conducted as a collaboration between BuzzFeed News, polling firm...

Which European countries have the harshest transgender laws?

Western Europe continues to lead the way in transgender rights, according to the Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2016. The annual index and map, published in collaboration with the In...

Who leads Europe for LGBT rights?

Malta has sprung to the top spot of ILGA’s Rainbow Map 2016 - an overview of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI). The island nation, which ...

世界上最有影响力的语言是什么？

Could this test be a game changer for HIV in Africa?

UNAIDS, the United Nations branch dedicated to fighting HIV, has set a goal that by 2030, 90% of those infected with HIV will know they carry the virus. That will be a tall order: it's es...

How much waste does Europe produce?

The average amount of waste generated per person in the European Union was 475 kg in 2014. The good news is that nearly 100% of that waste was treated to ensure it has the least possible ...

Which are the fastest growing countries in Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa's positive economic outlook has come under pressure from changes in the global economy. The continent's overall growth is expected to remain just below 5% in 2016. Neve...

5 LGBT films you can watch right now

The BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival opened yesterday, its thirtieth edition. The festival runs from 16 to 27 March, showing both new and classic LGBT films from around the world. For...

200 years of LGBT rights in 1 map

Today, the conversation about LGBT rights has come to include many aspects affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. In the 18th century, however, the question was s...

What books would you read on an Antarctic voyage?

What would you read on a voyage to the Antarctic? Over a hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton crammed his on-board bookshelf with all kinds of books to accompany him on an ill-fated j...

Everything you need to know about LGBT rights in 11 maps

Did you know that Brazil was the first country to outlaw conversion therapy? Or that in Turkmenistan, homosexuality is legal for women but not men? How about the fact that in Canada, the ...

Who are the world's great internet powers?

If the internet played out like an episode of Game of Thrones, with noble houses vying for territorial control, what would the world look like?

Which country has the worst air pollution? Clue: it's not China

When people think of poor air quality, images of a smoggy Beijing skyline often come to mind. China's difficulties with pollution have given it the reputation of having the worst air qual...