Pope Francis suggests countries should consider a universal basic wage to help combat the economic disruption caused by COVID-19.
If it seems that your news feed has been flooded with nerve-wracking updates on the COVID-19 outbreaks, have no fear—there are also plenty of positive updates on the pandemic as well.
The world today is getting steadily older—mature, settled adults over the age of 30 are now half the population and growing. And the world is getting steadily richer—about half the world is now middle class or richer.
New research supports the idea that music all around the globe shares important commonalities, despite many differences. Is music really a "universal language"?
In their drive towards "democratizing space", the private aerospace company Sen recently demonstrated the capabilities of their 4K video streaming satellite. The purpose of this is to educate the public on our ever-changing world.
Viral internet trends aren’t often inspiring. However, the most recent hashtag—#trashtag—is empowering. Tons of everyday citizens are taking it upon themselves to help make their communities look and feel a little nicer.
Hate crimes in large cities have increased since 2014, but schools offer a place where students can gain a better understanding of people in other lands and cultures and learn to empathize with them.
Each of the five pods simulates the air quality in a different city. The work is to mark Earth Day on April 22 — a global movement to raise awareness of the necessity of protecting the environment.
The key to respect, acceptance and appreciation of our forms of expression, our ways of being human and of our rich diversity within cultures, is tolerance.
It is anticipated that by 2020, coworking spaces will overtake the traditional office.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year.
Google introduced new ear buds that the company says are capable of real-time translation of conversations in different languages.
Technology is enabling us to move away from ownership and towards an economy based on sharing and subscriptions.
Mark Zuckerberg wants to remake the world in a way that counters isolationism, promotes global connections and addresses social ills — while also cementing Facebook's central role as a builder of online “community” for its nearly 2 billion users.
