Sustainable Tourism: An Opportunity For Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The HLPF on sustainable development is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development. It provides political leadership, guidance and recommendations. It follo...

Exxon Knew Of Human Role In Climate Change In 1981, Then Funded Denial

Exxon deliberately deceived the public about the human impact on climate change for nearly three decades, launching its campaign to deliberately spread misinformation years...

Invest 3.5 Percent GDP In Science, Technology, Innovation For Sustainable Development, Experts Say

Investing up to 3.5% of a nation’s GDP in science, technology and innovation – including basic science and education – is a key benchmark for advancing su...

Meet the One Woman Medical School For TV Doctors-

Kate Folb is in the middle of telling a story.

Inspired by the season finale of How to Get Away With Murder, which featured two protagonists getting tested for HIV,...

GLOBAL HEALTH VIS-À-VIS DIPLOMACY

Global health diplomacy is the interdisciplinary field where health sciences, including medicine, meet policy-making. A simple definition would struggle to capture the broa...

An Airliner Near-Catastrophe Offers Unique Neuroscience

In August 2001, behavioral neuroscientist Margaret McKinnon was among 306 passengers and crew on Air Transat Flight 236, a transoceanic flight originating in Toronto and de...

Meet Indian Forest Service Officer Sonali Ghosh.

Born into a family of Army personnel, Sonali Ghosh knew from an early age that she wished to be involved in forest and wildlife conservation. A topper of the Indian Forest ...

Barack Obama Interviews British Naturalist David Attenborough On Climate Change

US President Barack Obama has lamented the slow progress in combating the threat posed by climate change as he discussed global warming and pressing environmental issues wi...

California Is About To Ban 'Personal Belief' Exemptions For Vaccinations

California’s anti-vaxxers will no longer be able send their unvaccinated kids to school, if a bill passed by the State Assembly gets signed into law. The just-approve...