It’s high summer in Texas and a heatwave is pushing already sweltering temperatures beyond 100 Fahrenheit. In homes and offices across the lone-star state, people are ramping up the air c...
For the millions of refugees on the move around the world, any announcement of greater assistance is a sliver of hope to be grasped with both hands.
It’s more than 20 years since the first text message was sent. Since then we’ve come up with a whole new way of speaking to reduce the number of characters we need to type on tiny keyboar...
Después de hacer clic y desplazarse con el mouse durante unos segundos por este mapa interactivo, su visión del mundo cambiará para siempre.
The UN Refugee Agency has released a powerful film that attempts to capture the terror of families who have been forced to flee their homes.
A new ranking has revealed which nations have the most powerful passports. Passport Index ranks our travel documents by measuring the number of countries that can be visited without apply...
For a 150-metre-high wind turbine standing in churning ocean waves, the forces acting on it are enormous. To stay upright, the structure is anchored to concrete and steel foundations dril...
On 9 September, North Korea confirmed it had carried out its fifth test of a nuclear bomb.
Around 3,700 years ago one of the earliest recorded works of literature was being carved into clay tablets in what is today southern Iraq. The Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh is a narrative ...
Asking for a pay rise can be stressful. Many of us wince at the prospect of talking about money, and placing a value on your workplace contribution can be tricky.
The UK's decision to leave the European Union was a major talking point at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.
Could a robot do your job? Millions of people who didn’t see automation coming will soon find out the painful way. The answer is a resounding yes.
Innovation is a key topic at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2017. Watch the session on Maintaining Innovation here.
The people of Norway have a lot to be happy about.
Greenland’s glaciers are melting fast. Recent measurements from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat project showed around a trillion tons of ice was lost between 2011 and 2014.
