
Where in the world are populations shrinking the fastest?
Wedged between France and Spain, tiny Andorra is the 16th smallest country by land and the 11th smallest by population. And it’s becoming even smaller.
Wedged between France and Spain, tiny Andorra is the 16th smallest country by land and the 11th smallest by population. And it’s becoming even smaller.
From the first pink or blue babygro, parents treat boys and girls differently. It might be a conscious thing, it might not. But it has a major role to play in shaping children's futures.
Todos sabemos que el camino para una mejor salud no supone largos períodos de inactividad; sin embargo, aún así comemos en exceso y hacemos muy poco ejercicio. Según la Organización Mundi...
我们都知道,不运动是无法达到更好的健康状况的,但我们却仍旧吃太多,运动少。 世界卫生组织(WHO)估计,有近20亿成年人(超过全球人口的四分之一)都存在超重或肥胖问题。 而我们的智能手机正借助着运动传感器,为研究人员提供一幅更清晰的图景——我们做了多少运动?有没有做运动?
Given the amount of time we spend on our smartphones, tablets and computers, an unconnected world would be anathema to many of us.
Jaws may have given us an irrational fear of sharks, but for Australia’s swimmers and surfers the threat of attack can be very real. In a bid to make its beaches safer, a group of researc...
Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to...
At 6.02am on 29 August millions of Japanese were woken simultaneously to terrifying news: a North Korean missile was overhead.
He has 12.9 million Twitter followers. Millions of people flock to see him every year. And he has the ear of world leaders. So when the Pope speaks up about climate change, he has more cl...
Some countries have much larger shadow or unofficial economies than others. Greece's shadow economy is worth over a fifth of its total output, and Italy’s isn't far behind.
We all know the path to better health does not involve long periods of inactivity, yet we still eat too much and exercise too little. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates almost ...
全球科技巨头以及会计师事务所继续主宰着“2017年最具吸引力雇主”的榜单,而谷歌和苹果则被评选为最佳雇主。
有些物种由于“失踪”了太久,被科学家认定为已灭绝。然而,其中部分物种却在消失了百年之后再次出现。
They hadn’t been seen in so long that scientists had written them off, but some species have reappeared – sometimes more than 100 years after their last sighting.
Fatbergs – congealed masses of cooking grease and other unsavoury items such as baby wipes flushed down drains – are the grim byproduct of our high-fat, wasteful lifestyles.