English-language football commentary displays racial bias, with players having lighter skin tones more likely to be praised for their intelligence and hard work than those with darker ski...
This year’s Nelson Mandela International Day has a particular poignancy. Against a backdrop of protests against racial injustice, and COVID-19 amplifying inequality, his words resonate as...
Air pollution in China has risen above levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. Having dropped dramatically in the height of lockdown, the concentration of harmful ...
Antes de que una vacuna esté disponible, nuestra mejor esperanza para combatir el coronavirus reside en prevenir su propagación. ¿Pero cómo hacerlo cuando la gente puede no saber que lo t...
Before a vaccine is available, our best hope of combating coronavirus lies in preventing its spread. But how to do this when people may be unaware they have it? And what’s the difference ...
Just because a net is no longer being used doesn’t mean it can’t continue to catch things. Italian divers have freed a sperm whale entangled in a fishing net off the northern coast of Sic...
“我们很多人都在思考自己最基本的本质。在过去的几个月里，我们的本质已经动摇了。”
Now that many nations are gradually re-emerging, governments are desperately seeking ways to inject life into torpid economies. But how do they do that while maintaining the environmental...
“A lot of us are reckoning with the most basic essence of who we are. Over these past couple of months, our foundation has been shaken.”
Weeks into lockdown and with economic indicators signalling a deep global recession, governments around the world are searching for ways to get their countries back up and running. But em...
One minute it’s T-shirts, the next it’s snow boots. Siberia is experiencing some wild weather swings in 2020.
Between the end of February and mid-April this year more than a billion items of personal protective equipment were given out in the UK alone.
Many hope that COVID-19 lockdowns could be a boon for the environment, by resulting in reduced energy consumption. But it seems the benefits could be far fewer than we’d like to think.
Even in the world’s richest countries, it can’t be taken for granted that children have access to all they need to learn from home.
The US is experiencing some of the biggest outbreaks of civil unrest it has seen in decades, with huge protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody.
