Kennedy Odede is the founder and chief executive officer at SHOFCO, Kenya’s largest grassroots movement, and one of Africa’s most esteemed social entrepreneurs and community organizers. He is best ...

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The neuron, the specialized cell type that makes up much of our brains, is at the center of today’s neuroscience.

When I was a baby, a long drought drove my family from our rural village in Kenya to Kibera, the largest slum in the country. My single mother wanted to provide us a better life, but with few ...

Justin Talbot Zorn is senior adviser at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, a Truman National Security Fellow and a former senior policy staffer in the U.S. House of ...

Bettina Warburg is an author, researcher and investor focused on Web3, AI and other emerging technologies. She is a founding member of the Public AI Network and a frequent speaker at TED and other ...

A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, like harvesting ...

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Parents have always blamed their teens’ misbehavior on their kids’ friends: they may say their kids “fell into bad company” or “got in with the wrong crowd.” To combat what they see as pernicious ...

Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 ...

President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate ...