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Last updated 8 days ago
Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it
8 days ago
Adding up the weight of very different materials doesn’t tell us about...
Does the news reflect what we die from?
22 days ago
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times...
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year
29 days ago
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference...
How Wolbachia bacteria could help us tackle some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases
about 1 month ago
A common bacterium can dramatically reduce the spread of dengue fever and...
How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads
about 2 months ago
The death rate per mile driven has declined 22-fold since 1950.
Hannah Ritchie has a new book about tackling climate change coming out on September 18th
about 2 months ago
“Clearing the Air” is available for pre-order now.
Bans on highly toxic pesticides could be a simple way to save lives from suicide
about 2 months ago
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to...
Global inequality is huge — but so is the opportunity for people in high-income countries to support poor people
2 months ago
People in high-income countries could dramatically improve lives worldwide with minimal financial...
$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?
3 months ago
In June 2025, the World Bank increased its extreme poverty estimates by...
Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
3 months ago
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response...
The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?
3 months ago
If we get it right, the world could save more than 1.2...
The Demographic and Health Surveys brought crucial data for more than 90 countries — without them, we risk darkness
3 months ago
Cuts to US aid could end the Demographic and Health Surveys. This...