Preparations by companies, emergency responders, government authorities, and the public are critical to reducing injuries and saving lives during chemical em...

BRCK Education, a division of BRCK, a local technology firm based in Nairobi, has launched a value priced tablet that will be running web-based content and l...

About Andrew: A PHP and Java script writer and founder of Assanka, the company acquired by the FT in January 2012. Andrew now heads up FT Labs and is part of...

“Economists not only get the future wrong, but they make the future wrong.” Dimitri Zenghelis explains why economists should change their approach towards ne...

A brief look at disaster risk reduction (DRR) from our Regional Office in the Arab States (http://www.unisdr.org/arabstates)

One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter built by a homeless man. It looked semi-permanent, but more importantly, had solar panels on it. I thought this was very different than the homeless I encountered in my former city of Vancouver, Canada, so I started to investigate homelessness in Japan.

Surrounded by and populated with deserts, Israel has famously created a green, agricultural oasis out of its arid landscape. This was made possible by the in...

Ben Myers talks about the importance of disability advocacy at the TEDxOStateU 2015 event at the Oklahoma State University campus on April 10, 2015. Ben Myer...

Sex education varies widely between school districts, leaving many teens without comprehensive information. We made a video that covers what some schools are...