Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher

For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that green...

Women are leaving the tech industry in droves

Ana Redmond launched into a technology career for an exciting challenge and a chance to change the world. She was well-equipped to succeed too: An ambitious math and scienc...

Zuckerberg Joins Vaccination Debate With New Book

Following in the footsteps of Bill Gates, whose foundation has funded millions of vaccinations, Facebook’s Zuckerberg has loudly come out in support of vaccination wi...

Climate change hampering world food production: scientists

The acceleration climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the world's growing ...

Synthetic vaccine sought to finally eradicate polio

An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

The disease is very...

Global Sustainable Development Goals need clearer, more measurable targets, according to new report

The proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal set of goals to guide international development to 2030 – will struggle to achieve their stat...

Geoengineering is an insane way to deal with climate change. Let’s consider it anyway.

Geoengineering — the idea of deliberately fiddling with the Earth’s climate to reduce global warming — has long been seen as an insane, preposterous, mad-...

What to Call a Doubter of Climate Change?

The words are hurled around like epithets. People who reject the findings of climate science are dismissed as ?deniers? and ?disinformers.? Those who accept the science are...

Angelina Jolie Helps Launch New Centre For Women, Peace and Security

The London School of Economics and Political Science today hosted First Secretary of State William Hague and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie to launch the UK’s fir...