Technology

February 11, 2021

Can it help China reach its net-zero goals?

How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse

February 04, 2021

As the world’s largest maker of low-cost vaccines, the institute finds itself in the middle of an uphill battle to vaccinate the world against COVID-19.

The Big Fix

Enormous wind turbines may be coming to a coast near you

The World

January 14, 2021

Haliade-X wind turbines — nearly the size of the Eiffel Tower — are a game changer for the global offshore wind industry. A single turbine can power about 16,000 homes at competitive rates.

COVID-19

China’s 'vaccine diplomacy' fills void in developing world left by US 'vaccine nationalism'

The World

January 12, 2021

Expanding vaccine access helps China reframe the narrative of the pandemic and improve China’s image, said Yangzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Science & Technology

Got space junk? Wooden satellites may be the solution.

The World

December 29, 2020

Space junk — debris from defunct satellites and other man-made items — is a growing problem. Wooden satellites, an idea spearheaded by astronaut and professor Takao Doi of Kyoto University, may be the solution.

Science & Technology

Cassidy from space: 'Looking down at Earth, it's just this blue ball of peace'

The World

December 24, 2020

After returning to his native United States during the pandemic, an International Space Station astronaut reflects on his NASA journey, international geopolitics and climate science.

Social media

Arab uprisings: What role did social media really play?

The World

December 17, 2020

The revolts a decade ago were among the first major protests in the age of omnipresent mobile phones, with social-network revolutions powered by Twitter and Facebook.

Education

Kept from foreign universities during pandemic, Chinese students form ‘study pods’ in shared housing

The World

December 14, 2020

Remote learning has been hard for millions of students worldwide, but for the ones living half a world away from school in the US and Canada, the time zone differences and isolation have taken an added toll.

Hacking

US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

Associated Press

December 14, 2020

Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cybersecurity firm FireEye said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft.

Coronavirus Conversations

Discussion: Airborne transmission, ventilation, and reopening schools and workplaces

The World

December 10, 2020

Updated

12/11/2020 - 12:45pm

What's the latest advice on opening up schools and workplaces? As part of our regular series of conversations about the coronavirus, The World’s Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with and Harvard's healthy buildings expert Joseph Allen.

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