The daily grind
Fix climate change or else, say military top brass
If the world fails to act soon on climate change, “preserving security and stability even at current levels will become increasingly difficult.”
How to increase altruism in toddlers
The infants who’d seen the photos with the companionable dolls in the background were three times more likely to help the experimenter.
An interactive map of bloggers under arrest and under threat around the world, with an accompanying timeline that makes it possible to track the phenomenon of arresting bloggers over the past several years.
Poorer countries make drugs the rich world won’t
Newly industrialised countries of the “south” are developing cheap treatments for neglected tropical diseases, filling the void left by western drug firms, which focus on diseases of the rich.
Super Freakonomics: a review by Ezra Klein
Perhaps the best example of incentives colliding with unintended consequences is, well… Super Freakonomics.
This invention will make you wonder why the rectangular water jug still exists.
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