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In 1880, French physician Alphonse Laveran discovered the parasite that causes malaria in a patient’s blood. Eighteen years later, six Italian malariologists demonstrated that the disease is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. More than a century later, malari...

Perhaps one of the deepest inequalities exposed by these turbulent moments is the inequality of being able to imagine the future. Some societies possess the stability and material security to debate what their economies should look like in 2040 or 2050: Artificial Intelligence, green industry, electric mobility, energy storage, and the infrastructure of the next technological...

One in every 70 people is now forcibly displaced. They flee wars, persecution, climate disasters, and collapsing states. And when they arrive at wherever it is they’ve run to, a safety net is supposed to catch them. Unfortunately, the refugee aid that should be funding the whole proc...

The weather affects many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plate. The climate pattern has been forecasted to intensify amid ongoing global crises, with the strong El Niño cycle in mid-2026 that can potentially disrupt food supply chains worldwide. In this light, world leaders must buckle up and improve preparedness in climate-sensitive sectors.

On June 5, 2026—coinciding with World Environment Day—the Global Footprint Network announced a date that revealed a fundamental condition of our civilization today. It was July 30, the Earth Overshoot Day (EOD). This is the day humanity ex...