Development & Education

March 25, 2019

Dominicans alone now number more than one-tenth of all major league baseball players. But for those who don't make it to the big leagues, what do they have to fall back on?

The world's first Vagina Museum opens this fall in the UK

PRI's The World

March 21, 2019

Iceland already has a penis museum.

Conflict

The Choctaw of Oklahoma stepped up to help the Irish during the potato famine

PRI's The World

March 18, 2019

It’s little known, but the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has ties to Ireland dating back to the Irish Potato Famine.

Science

Why history's most famous scientists are usually a bit weird

Innovation Hub

March 15, 2019

Obsessed with work, insensitive, socially detached, and neglectful of family and friends — these may not be the most endearing qualities in a person, but they are just a few of the common characteristics a researcher found when studying some of the world’s most famous and prolific inventors.

Climate Change

How European kids are schooling politicians on climate change

PRI's The World

March 14, 2019

Thousands of students in Europe and elsewhere have been skipping school on Fridays to demand their governments take stronger action against climate change. Some teachers and politicians are pushing back, but the students are getting support from their elders as well.

Global Nation Education

As decision nears in Harvard affirmative action case, another legal fight brews in California

WGBH News

March 13, 2019

In the next few months, a decision is expected in a case involving Harvard University and alleged discrimination against Asian American student applicants. But the University of California system is also facing a similar lawsuit — with allegations that administrators are considering race in admissions even though California bans the practice. A scandal is also raising larger questions about merit in college admissions and who has unfair advantage.

Students around the world expected to skip school for climate

Reuters

March 11, 2019

Swedish student Greta Thunberg has energized students around the world, who are expected to skip classes on March 15 to demonstrate for climate change.

Health & Medicine

Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?

PRI's The World

March 01, 2019

Maternal mortality has dropped around the world but deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth doubled in the United States between 2000 and 2014. In partnership with Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health and WGBH News, we explored why more mothers dying and what can be done.

Global Politics

Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering

Reuters

February 18, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari said anyone trying to steal or destroy ballot boxes and voting material in the election now scheduled to take place this coming Saturday would be dealt with firmly.

Technology

How to build a countrywide AI strategy? Finland is turning its seniors into evangelists.

PRI's The World

February 08, 2019

The mentorship program is just one component of Finland’s national AI strategy, which focuses heavily on getting Finns without a technical or computer science background comfortable with AI.

Development & Education

The promise and peril of the Dominican baseball pipeline

The world's first Vagina Museum opens this fall in the UK

The Choctaw of Oklahoma stepped up to help the Irish during the potato famine

Why history's most famous scientists are usually a bit weird

How European kids are schooling politicians on climate change

As decision nears in Harvard affirmative action case, another legal fight brews in California

Students around the world expected to skip school for climate

Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?

Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering

How to build a countrywide AI strategy? Finland is turning its seniors into evangelists.

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