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 […]

The news seems dire for wildlife, threatened by climate change and increasingly endangered on earth, but there’s help on the way and right now it’s coming from the International Space Station. The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (Icarus) system was switched on in July and promises to help […]