Cloistered Arctic whales face a bigger climate threat than polar bears
By Ethan Bilby
They swim in icy waters off the coast of Greenland, dive to depths of nearly two kilometres and are so secluded that, once...
Psychedelic drugs, monkey brains and rescue drones to feature in cutting-edge research
By Vittoria D’alessio
From more fresh water and less depression to life-saving drones and thought-interpreting scans, 2023 promises to be a big year in science....
Are the Geopolitics of the Middle East changing?
Several developments in recent months have raised questions about whether the Middle East is undergoing a sea change in patterns of cooperation and conflict...
European Health Union: a new EU Health security framework is in motion
As of today, the building blocks of the European Health Union are officially in place. This not only includes stronger EU rules on serious...
As conflicts rage, international dialogue remains ‘the only hope’ for peace
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creating global upheaval, and war, conflict, and unrest blighting all parts of the world in 2022. The UN stressed the...
Sociologist sees Germany on its way to becoming a “beneficial state”
‘Price horror’ is worrying more and more people in Germany. It's not just the low-income and pensioners who have suffered. Ulrich Schneider of the...
2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of...
Cryptocurrency upheaval could be a blessing in disguise for the future of blockchain technology
By Tom Cassauwers
Sam Bankman-Fried was the darling of the cryptocurrency world, then he became its black sheep. In November of this year, the cryptocurrency company...
A battle for the Arctic is underway
For the past two decades, Russia has been dominating this fight for the Arctic, building up its fleet of nuclear-capable icebreakers, ships and submarines,...
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...