How warfare has been ‘gamified’ in Ukraine
Ukraine’s government says its system of rewarding points to troops for successful strikes is ‘delivering results’.
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Women politicians pay too high a personal cost for their leadership
Feminist movements are giving women a louder voice than ever, but those at the top of their game are routinely expected to deal with abuse and threats of violence.
How news coverage influences countries’ emergency aid budgets – new research
A new study shows how governments’ emergency aid response is influenced by the news media and politicians’ publicity concerns.
Will the weather get worse in 2018? What the experts say
A survey of recent global trends in temperature and rainfall – and a lesson for Mr Trump on the difference between weather and climate.
Here’s how citizen scientists assisted with the disaster response in the Caribbean
With this technology, citizen scientists could even help to predict the damage caused by future disasters.
Explainer: why do landslides happen and why are they so devastating?
Landslides don’t attract the same media attention as more familiar geological hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes. And yet they can be just as disastrous and, in fact, 2014 has been a particularly…
Modern slave trade: how to count a ‘hidden’ population of 46 million
The number of people in slavery across the world is on the rise, or maybe researchers are just getting better at counting.
What we’ve found by mapping incidents of intolerance across South Asia
A new tool is tracking attacks on people for their religion, politics, caste, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation.
Could the Pill save the polar bear?
Each new human on the planet makes extinctions more likely, yet birth control still isn’t seen as a big environmental issue.
The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world
Climate change and overuse are creating a crisis for south Asia’s most important river.
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