Very early in human history, the building of some form of wall became part of our DNA. It is fair...

A recent seminal article in Foreign Affairs by Brando Milanovic entitled “The Great Convergence: Global Equality and its Discontents” ran...

Increasingly the distance between those who are poor, with limited education, and those who are otherwise fortunate, has widened nearly...

At times, the international community passes by the chance to address major issues, like the drop in labor productivity that...

While the interface of humans, animals, plants, and the ecosystem, a.k.a. One Health, affects us all, it affects some more...

A short while ago astonishing research may be upending our understanding of perhaps our oldest relatives, what they were able...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or Pacific trash vortex, is a collection of marine debris spanning from the North American...

Everything is changing for dieters, much of it miraculous, some of it alarming. In fact, very alarming. Here we are...

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“Every man is a suffering machine and a happiness machine combined. The two functions work together harmoniously, with a fine...

Reproductive health has taken center stage in the public space, ranging from differing cultural and political attitudes to the laws...

Earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones, tsunamis, and severe weather events have happened nearly everywhere, and seem to have increased in frequency. The...