Is there going to be war?
The world has avoided war between major power since 1945, even if the United States and the Soviet Union came quite close on many occasions during the cold war. Today, with China's power still increasing, and Russia's rejection of the international order apparently complete, great power conflict is back on…
People are changing the weather, and that may not be good!
In the world of fiction, people can do anything with the weather. The X-Men’s Storm, for instance, uses her control of the atmosphere to create tornadoes, blizzards, lightning, and other phenomena. A witch named Jadis brings a never-ending winter to the land of Narnia in…
Security forces of Sudan attacked a protest camp last week in the country's capital, Khartoum, killing dozens of people.
Two days after a violent act by Sudan's security forces on pro-democracy protesters in the capital, a doctors' organization that has helped organize protests reported that more than 100 people had been killed and hundreds more injured.
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There’s a reason we’re entering 2019 with scraped knees and black eyes: Bird Box! There’s a reason we’re covering our eyes like fools and navigating the twists and turns of our own homes: Bird Box! There’s a reason we entered 2019 scratching our heads and going, “huh?”: Bird Box! The internet had been hijacked by…
The fourth industrial revolution is changing how we live, work, and communicate. It’s reshaping government, education, healthcare, and almost every aspect of life. In the future, it can also change the things we value and the way we value them. It can change our relationships, our opportunities, and our identities as it changes the physical…