In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
Almost 90 percent fewer cases were recorded in the last three months compared to the previous three-month period.
Americans' overinflated fear of terrorism has long driven policy responses that may not align with the actual risks. A recent study offers hope that this can change.
Democracy is important to the citizens of all 53 countries in the survey, both democracies and non-democracies.
Tony Morley is a progress studies writer specializing in the historical trends in global living standards and the forces that drive human progress.
The population of this critically endangered cetacean has risen from 1,012 to 1,249 over the past five years, marking a 23% increase.
Massive facility to produce billions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes.
"We are entering a sixth mass extinction," says Paul Ehrlich in an interview with Warp News. He is not alone in believing this. But our investigation shows that is wrong. However, there is no shortage of problems with species extinction. But, by and large, we have now learned to manage them.
A previously unknown and untouched coral reef teeming with marine life has been discovered off the coast of Ecuador's GalΓ‘pagos Islands.
New vaccines are proving highly effective against malaria, and now there is hope that the end of the disease is within reach.