City Heat is Worse if You’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of…
Read moreI’m Supposed to Be in a Wedding. Will I Risk COVID-19-
Welcome to COVID Questions, TIME’s advice column. We’re trying to make living through the pandemic a little easier, with expert-backed answers to your toughest coronavirus-related dilemmas. While…
Read moreLess Than 1% of Earth Has Safe Levels of Air Pollution_1
It’s no secret that air pollution is a serious problem facing the world today. Just how serious? A new study on global daily levels of air pollution…
Read moreFalling Space Debris Is a Growing Menace
History remembers October 4, 1957, a lot better than it remembers January 4, 1958—though in recent weeks, the second date is coming to loom larger than the…
Read moreTeen Girls Are Facing a Mental Health Epidemic. We’re Doing Nothing About It
Teen girls are in crisis. In a just-released report, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that nearly one in three high school girls considered suicide in…
Read moreToilet Paper Is a Huge Source of Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’_1
In case you’re counting, the average American will go through 26 kg (57 lbs) of toilet paper in a single year. Multiply that by the 332 million…
Read moreUAE Unlikely to Set Net-Zero Emissions Target Before COP26
The United Arab Emirates is unlikely to set a net-zero emissions target before the COP26 talks starting in October, dealing a potential blow to the climate event….
Read moreThe Surprising Benefits of Sitting on the Floor Every Day
When’s the last time someone told you that sitting around can be beneficial to your health? Probably never. By now, we all know that excessive sitting is…
Read moreHow the Delta Variant Overtook Missouri
In mid-June, U.S. maps tracking the spread of COVID-19 began showing a cluster of cases growing in the middle of the country. The epicenter lay in Missouri,…
Read moreCambodia to witness slower growth for garment exports in 2017
As the base number gets bigger, the same rate of percentage growth cannot be maintained forever, Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia…
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