The United Kingdom has pledged to achieve net zero emissions and a way to do that will be to embrace advanced nuclear technologies for energy generation, says a group of industrialists and investors. A consortium led by Rolls-Royce sees innovative small modular reactors (SMRs) as an integral part of a […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a clear message on Tuesday: They are ready to test the limits of their budding military partnership in the Pacific.

Nary a day goes by without yet another record being broken involving an extreme weather event somewhere around a warming planet. This summer may yet turn into the hottest on record in Europe with an extreme heatwave recently in southern Europe expected to be followed by another record-setting heatwave. Halfway […]

Source: UN Children’s Fund Country: World El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia suministró 2360 millones de vacunas para inmunizar a casi la mitad de la población mundial infantil en 150 paises. El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia entregó comida, vacunas, ropa, medicamentos y materiales […]

Research Post July 24, 2019 The high price of healthy food … and the low price of unhealthy food Derek Headey Harold Alderman Egg calories in Niger are 23.3 times as expensive as a calorie from rice or corn. In the U.S., egg calories are just 1.6 times as expensive as […]

Jul 23, 2019 In the News High cost of healthy food linked to stunting, new study finds (Devex) Nutrition Devex reported on a new study by Senior Researchers Derek Headey and Harold Alderman on the relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods across income levels and continents. The article […]