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What’s the ‘bullwhip effect’ and how can we avoid crises like the global chip shortage?
It started with diapers.
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経済成長
Have we fulfilled the promise of International Workers’ Day?
Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to promote worker organizing: a notable effort in a country where union membership tumbled to 10.8% of the workforce by 2020 from...
What can we learn from each other about preventing gun violence?
When Switzerland cut the size of its military in half nearly two decades ago, something interesting happened: the number of men fatally shooting themselves every year measurably declined.
How long are COVID-19 vaccines effective?
One of the most pressing questions about COVID-19 vaccines is how long they can provide protection.
Are we at a turning point for tackling online extremism?
What do TV show predictions have to do with far-right conspiracy theories? On TikTok, an app popular with children younger than 14, there’s a very short path from one to the other.
世界経済フォーラムの取り組み
How to tell reality from a deepfake?
When Donald Trump belatedly acknowledged defeat two months after last year’s US presidential election, some news reports zeroed in on a fundamental question: whether his speech had actual...
COVID-19 vaccine development is more global than you might think
Cuba has two late-stage vaccine trials, and four candidates in total. It aims to use them to immunize its own population while supplying other countries like Suriname, Ghana, and Venezuela.
It’s a good time for a day dedicated to fostering tolerance and equality
“Discrimination is not as bad as the media makes it out to be.”
The more we learn about Antarctica, the greater the urgency to act on climate change
In the pitch-black depths beneath 900 metres of Antarctic ice shelf, scientists recently made a curious discovery: something's living down there.
How COVID-19 vaccine efforts could help defeat other diseases
It may have been overlooked amid a spate of upbeat news about COVID-19 vaccine progress, but a report appeared last week on a potential breakthrough in defeating another disease that’s pl...
Why countries are desperate to defy the odds and access Mars
Getting there takes seven months, and landing on a surface where the average temperature is about -60°C involves “seven minutes of terror.”
COVID-19 robbed us of life expectancy gains, here’s how we can get them back
2019 was a banner year for life expectancy – the global average at birth hit 72.6 years, higher than any country in the world had managed to record in 1950. Then, 2020 happened.
Here's what global progress on COVID-19 vaccination looks like
Countries around the world are racing to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19.
2020: a year for the history books, in visuals
Some years truly distinguish themselves.
ヘルスとヘルスケア
How a history of ‘medical racism’ may fuel mistrust in COVID-19 vaccines
A Black cast member of the American comedy mainstay “Saturday Night Live” recently quipped that he’s skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines, though “I’m on a white TV show so I might actually ...