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South Korea now recycles 95% of its food waste

A compulsory recycling scheme in South Korea has dramatically cut the amount of food the country throws away. Here's how it works.

Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneurs (2019)

The world of work has entered a period of unprecedented change. In the era of AI and automation, workers have to stay flexible. In Sweden, that flexibility has been commonplace for 20 years. What could the rest of the world learn from it?

Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia

Switching fully to card and app payments would put access to our money in the hands of private organizations for the first time in history.

It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts

Working less would have a range of benefits for workers and employers and the world should embrace the four day working week, was the message two experts brought to Davos 2019.

Why we should all have a basic income

Imagine everyone getting a basic income just because they are a citizen. Read on to know how this basic income will change things in society.

South Korea has limited a working week to 52 hours, in order to stop overwork

The previous limit was almost 10 hours every single day, including weekends.

Iceland radically cut teenage drug use

The relationship between people and the state has allowed an effective national programme to cut the rates of teenagers smoking and drinking to excess.

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2020 report has found that, in most major countries, solar power is now cheaper than coal and gas.

How Stoicism can help us

Cognitive behavioral psychotherapist Donald Robertson explains how the philosophy of Stoicism works in business.

The future of work requires a return to apprenticeships

With apprenticeship programs, government and the private sector can partner to train and reskill workers – and meet the challenges of 4IR.

India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power

As the costs of generating cleaner energy continue to fall, there is growing potential to speed up the transition to a zero-carbon future.

It's 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better (2016)

Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings

Spain is forecast to topple Japan from the top spot in the longest life expectancy league table by 2040, while the US continues to slip down the rankings.

The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030

Electric vehicle (EV) owners tend to leave their cars charging overnight, putting pressure on the grid. This habit must change, Stanford researchers say.

Drones that can plant 100k trees a day

Drones could fight deforestation by planting 1 billion trees a year.

Russia’s permafrost is melting and it could have a devastating global effect

Rising temperatures are causing the frozen ground that covers large parts of the Earth to break up, adding to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

How sleep and mental health are linked in the brain

This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation. We are only beginning to unravel the genetic and biochemical basis of mental illness – a…

Forget coding, we need to teach our kids how to dream

Tom Goodwin on the five key attributes we should help kids develop instead of focusing on knowledge.

Being multilingual alters your experience of time (2018)

A new study shows that bilinguals do indeed think about time differently, depending on the language context in which they are estimating the duration of events.

Productivity vs Wages | Productivity is Soaring, But Wages Aren't Keeping Up

The debate about productivity vs wages has been answered here. A study has found that the growth in compensation is lagging behind the productivity of employees.

Around 90% of all river-borne plastic that ends up in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers

The world has become increasingly alarmed at the amount of plastic in its oceans. But where does all this plastic waste come from?

How has social mobility in the U.S. changed in recent decades?

Historic data suggests that the likelihood of outearning your parents has declined over recent decades - so is the American Dream becoming a nightmare?