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A educação de crianças tanto em países de baixa renda como o Sudão do Sul quanto em países desenvolvidos como os EUA já está sendo afetada negativamente pelos extremos das mudanças climáticas. Richard Juilliart/Shutterstock

Escolas fechadas: mudanças climáticas já prejudicam a educação de crianças ao redor do mundo

Ensinar as crianças sobre a crise ambiental pode ajudar a combater as mudanças climáticas, mas as mudanças climáticas já estão afetando negativamente a educação de crianças em todo o mundo
The education of students in countries like Sudan is already being negatively affected by the extremes of climate change. Richard Juilliart/Shutterstock

School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education

Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.
Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom with Chris Kise and Alina Habba, two of his attorneys who have reportedly been paid with political action committee funds. Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

Trump-aligned political action committees have paid lawyers for the former president tens of millions of dollars. Are there any limits on how much, or on what, they can spend?
Para combater a desinformação e aumentar a confiança da população na ciência é preciso ir além do letramento científico, ensinando e estimulando a capacidade de análise para a formação de opiniões embasadas. Paralisart/Unlimphotos

Análise: Resposta para crise de confiança da população na ciência passa pelo ensino do pensamento crítico

Não basta restabelecer confiança da população na ciência para vencer a desinformação. É urgente criar sistemas eficazes para ensinar crianças e jovens a pensar de forma racional e crítica
Children wave peace doves at a concert for peace in Bogota, Colombia, in August 2022. Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Americans do talk about peace − just not the same way people do in other countries

While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.
Une femme dans un centre de conseil pour les victimes de viol à Paoua, à 500 km au nord-ouest de Bangui, en République centrafricaine. Photo : Barbara Debout/AFP via Getty Images

Wagner, les conflits et la pauvreté font que le taux de mortalité en République centrafricaine dépasse les niveaux de la crise : mais où est l'aide ?

Le taux de natalité était plus faible et le taux de mortalité nettement plus élevé dans les zones échappant au contrôle du gouvernement en République centrafricaine.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 16, 2022, including electric vehicle subsidies with ‘buy American’ rules. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty

The US broke global trade rules to try to fix climate change – to finish the job, it has to fix the trade system

Joe Biden’s ‘buy American’ effort with EVs likely violated World Trade Organization rules that the US helped create. The US has an opportunity now to update the system – if it’s willing to take it.
A woman at a a counselling centre for rape victims in Paoua, 500km northwest of Bangui in the CAR. Photo by Barbara Debout/AFP via Getty Images

Wagner, conflict and poverty drive Central African Republic death rate above crisis levels: but where’s the aid?

The birth rate was lower and the death rate markedly higher in areas outside government control in the Central African Republic.
If your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you’re right. AP Photo/Jenny Kane

Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers

The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
Le taux de mortalité infantile atteint 70 pour 1 000 naissances en République démocratique du Congo. MONUSCO Photos/Flickr

République démocratique du Congo : la qualité des centres de santé n’est pas qu’une question de financement

Un travail de recherche en République démocratique du Congo met en lumière le rôle essentiel des pratiques de gestion dans la qualité des soins dispensés aux populations les plus défavorisées.

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