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A new school in San Francisco thinks it can massively accelerate the speed at which children can lea
Lurking in the sewers beneath the streets there are giant blobs of congealed cooking fat known as “f
Thailand in the 1960s was on the verge of a population disaster. Thai women were having seven childr
There are more than 200,000 women in US prisons and jails and it is estimated that 6% to 10% are pre
Globally, only around 20% of clothes are re-used or recycled. The majority go to landfill or are inc
Road accidents are the single largest cause of death amongst young people around the world. But a pr
Picking up money - that’s what Haitian’s nicknamed a movement seeking to solve Haiti’s plastic waste
Fariel Salahuddin is not the type of person you’d expect to see wandering around rural Pakistan, esp
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This is a story about what happens to your body after you die. In many countries, the current option
How do you fulfil your sexual needs if you have a disability? How do you masturbate if you have limi
The Data Donators Meet Becky. She suffers from arthritis and is in constant pain. Like lots of peopl
On the island of Jersey, postal workers don’t just deliver the mail. They also check up on elderly p
Parents struggling with childcare costs in London are banding together to care for each other’s kids
There are no sewers in Haiti. 26% of Haitians have access to a toilet, so a lot of the sewage ends u
Could we build cities using solar panels instead of walls? That’s the dream that Huang Ming, a wealt
An innovative housing project in Amsterdam is attempting a new way of integrating refugees into the
Air pollution is a huge problem for China, but did you know it’s actually getting better? The Air Q
Voter turnout is a problem around the world, particularly in local elections. But a small group of a
Food waste is a massive global problem: the EU alone throws away 88 million tonnes a year. Much of t
