Soon after Earth Day this year, a grim event will remind the world of the importance of sustainability: Cape Town will become the first...

A devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 8,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Other nations quickly...

For decades, Israel has received international praise for its water conservation and management techniques. Using methods such as drip...

In South Sudan, the causes of famine run deeper than just food shortage. Since gaining independence from its northern neighbor in 2011,...

An increase in the price of eggs rarely triggers any sort of commotion, let alone nationwide unrest and widespread rioting. But in Iran,...

As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to...

In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept through Puerto Rico, taking with them hundreds of lives across the island. The...

The #MeToo movement that has swept through Hollywood has begun to enter new cultural spheres, most recently making its way into the world...

According to an old Kurdish proverb, “the Kurds have no friends but the mountains.” The Iraqi-Kurdish independence referendum on...

Between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, there were 81 government-ordered disruptions to internet access across the globe. Of these, 36...

In the relatively peaceful world of European politics, governments rarely reach into the toolbox of physical coercion. After all, sending...

If, like Ludwig Wittgenstein, you believe that “the limits of my language are the limits of my world,” then your world is getting...

The United States is still haunted by the memories of Gilded Age monopolies: Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, Vanderbilt’s New York Central...

The landscape of technological innovation in sub-Saharan Africa has been aptly dubbed the “Silicon Savannah.” The IT sector in the region...

Around the world today, 217 million individuals suffer from untreated but correctable visual impairment. Those in the more developed...

Genetic testing is one of the most groundbreaking technologies of the modern age. The advent of human genome sequencing has expanded...

As technology’s impact expands, the consequences of security vulnerabilities grow steeper. In 2016, the software testing company...

The United States Senate is an institution steeped in tradition: From the filibuster to the amendment process, senators on both sides of...

In January of 2016, Walmart announced that it would be closing 154 of its locations in the US. This included all 102 Walmart Express...

From Hollywood to Silicon Valley, Americans have long looked west for guidance on what is new and important. It is unsurprising, then,...