How a ‘Netflix’ funding model could save us from a super bug

Pharma companies are going bust bringing new antibiotics to market. A subscription funding service could change that

How Paris handed budgeting to its citizens

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The French city’s experiment with participatory budgeting gave €500 million to its residents, and asked them how it should be spent. The move has sparked praise, criticism, and a surge in colourful streetlamps.

Edible urban forests take root

Food forests are transforming unused urban spaces into vibrant sources of fresh produce while combating food deserts and boosting biodiversity

The promise and perils of floating wind farms

Floating wind farms can produce more electricity than fixed offshore farms and can be used in more places. But their price tag stands in the way…

Bill Gates announces a $200bn giveaway  

Top scientists suggests that our humanity is the best way to mitigate the risk of new technologies

The International AI Safety Report explained

Top scientists suggests that our humanity is the best way to mitigate the risk of new technologies

Paid fellowships for new careers in impact

Brendan Hadden of The School for Moral Ambition on why the world needs you

Filling the USAID gap in Sudan

USAID cuts are set to make Sudan’s famine the deadliest of this century.

How a ‘green’ pope lobbied big oil and pushed for the Paris Agreement

A Vatican insider discusses the late Pope Francis’s influence on ecology and migration

‘Open science’ can be a miracle cure for drug research

How big pharma is stepping away from its traditional secrecy to share data that can save lives