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As populations become more educated, literacy becomes more complex than the ability to read and write.

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What is good for climate is not necessarily good for biodiversity.

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Mid-pandemic, Contagion (the film) surged in viewer preferences. Apparently, we love being scared, even when we are already scared. Here are some answers:

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The world saw fewer conflicts in recent years, but also new tensions from covid-19. Iceland has been topping the charts since 2008. Just some of the interesting facts in the global peace index 2020.

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We need more 'localized climate-risk information' in addition to models and theory, writes @Alice_C_Hill , author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19. We need to be able to answer questions such as 'is this a risk area to build?'

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There are climate activists, but also 'inactivists' and doomists. A must-read interview with climatologist @MichaelEMann on the climate wars and his new book.

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Urban green spaces are linked to happiness: The more, the merrier. But GDP matters too.

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Disasters can be both causes and consequences

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'Most people who now die with Covid in England have been vaccinated'. But this is not bad news, a real expert explains. His message: 'listen to cool analysis by analysts, rather than hot takes on social and other media'

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The World Happiness Report represents the eureka moment that well-being is as important as GDP. But happiness is less about baking cinnamon buns and more about broader political and social factors.

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About 85 million jobs will be affected by machines in the next few years. Critical thinking will become one of the top skills. The connection is not obvious, but interesting nevertheless.

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Galileo's extraordinary feat was to insist that the truth is the opposite of what we see: the sun rises and sets, but it is we who go around it. Yet survival is not about accurate seeing, but the result of successful strategies.

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Knowns and unknowns of the covid #LabLeakTheory

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A small house on a tiny island big enough to have a pond of its own. An evocative mini-doc on Tove Jansson's summer retreat and inspiration for the Moomins

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Air pollution kills 7 million people a year. Compared to the attention covid-19 has received, air pollution seems to be one of those 'background pandemics' we accept as part of normality.

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Objects can be sexist or racist. Do they have oppression built into them, or is it more a matter of how they function? As is usually the case, a bit of both.

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The worm that came in from the cold. After 24,000 years.

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At last, a virtuous circle (well, almost): vegans are happier and happy people are likely to become vegans.

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An eight-part series on how food is produced and on whether it can be sustainable.

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Privacy is usually defined negatively, as that which excludes others. In its positive version, it is a process of self-discovery made more and more difficult by today's constant distractions.

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