Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better pl
Children who lose a parent may struggle to come to terms with this for the rest of their lives. In t
It’s estimated that 400 billion square metres of fabric are made every year – enough to cover German
About 800,000 people take their own lives every year, that’s one person every 40 seconds, according
In 2006, Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye Hülya set up her first women-only gym, b-fit. It’s cheap to jo
Over the past 10 years, Nepal has almost doubled its population of Bengal tigers – it’s estimated th
There are 14 specialist shops at the Retuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna, Sweden, but they all have o
There are an estimated 350,000 autistic children in Turkey, but only 20,000 to 30,000 of those child
In this talent show, it doesn’t matter if you can sing or dance, the winner just has to be honest an
People in many parts of the world are having fewer babies than they were 60 years ago, and that’s wo
Do you ever wonder what happens to the people and projects we feature? This week we revisit innovato
In 2009, Todd Bol built a small box in the shape of a school, filled it with books and placed it on
Many African countries face huge challenges in education. Millions of children completing primary sc
World Hacks visits a long, narrow street in the heart of the Dutch city of Eindhoven. A quarter of a
The idea behind “Buddy Benches”, also known as “friendship benches”, is simple. If a child feels lon
What’s being done to clean up the shipping industry and make it less polluting? Nick Holland looks a
Around the world, thousands of people are using a special kind of bank. Instead of using it to save
More than a quarter of Japan’s population is over 65 and the country has the highest rate of centena
Just over a year ago, Kenya introduced the world’s most draconian rules on single-use plastic bags.
Child abduction by strangers is extremely rare, but the danger looms large in the minds of many pare
Our brains are the control centre of the human body. They allow us to think, to learn and to dream -
