The more you lie the easier it gets. Scientists confirm a long-held truth
If you’re someone who doesn’t like lying, perhaps you’re not doing it enough.
Keith Breene is a Senior Writer at Formative Content, and an experienced national journalist. Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/2024.
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自然与生物多样性
Here's the proof: you can cut carbon emissions without hurting the economy
It’s known as decoupling: cutting the link between carbon emissions and economic growth. Many feared it was impossible, but it is starting to happen.
健康与医疗系统
Vaccines work. But the public isn't always convinced
Vaccines have developed something of a PR problem in many places.
经济增长
Do you have change for a billion? The mad world of Zimbabwe’s currency
If President Mugabe was expecting his people to welcome news that the country was to get its own currency again, he will have been sorely disappointed.
城市转型
9 stories that tell you everything you need to know about cities
There maybe a little less buzz around it, but as well as marking Halloween, 31st October has also been designated World Cities Day by the United Nations. There are no costumes needed and ...
可持续发展
Meet the wind turbine that looks like a tree
The two main problems with wind turbines: they are imposing, intrusive structures and they don’t work in a light breeze.
新兴技术
This typhoon turbine could power Japan for 50 years
A mature typhoon produces as much power as half of the world’s power stations, according to the Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory.
自然与生物多样性
Renewable energy capacity has overtaken coal: a turning point as per IEA
Global renewable electricity capacity has overtaken coal to become the world's largest installed power source for the first time.
自然与生物多样性
7 shocking facts about air pollution
Air pollution is the deadliest form of pollution, killing millions of people each year, according to a new study.
公平、多样性和包容性
世界上十个性别最平等的国家
在排名中领先的国家 这个排名中前十名都为欧洲小国，尤其是北欧国家，它们占据了前四位。
教育与技能
The world's 10 most gender-equal countries
If current trends continue, a baby girl born today will only see the gender gap in health, education, economic opportunity and politics completely close around the world if she lives to 83.
What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly stopped eating meat?
We’ve all heard the animal welfare arguments for going vegetarian, but in recent years there has also been a lot of talk about the environmental benefits.
健康与医疗系统
What is medjacking?
Cyberattacks on life-saving medical devices such as heart pacemakers present a very real threat and could come from terrorist groups or even nation states, according to a new World Econom...
新兴技术
Technology might be changing the world, but sports will stay the same, right?
While technology may be changing the world around us, sport will always stay the same, won't it? The answer to that question is a resounding no, according to a new report which predicts s...
韧性、和平与安全
The world's most trafficked mammal gets extra protection - will it be enough to save it?
They look like magical creatures from a children’s storybook. The only mammals to have scales, Pangolins are endearingly strange to look at and known for their gentle nature and intellige...