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Challenges of life

Consider the greatest stories you’ve been told. They all involve a protagonist facing an immense challenge to achieve a noble outcome that will redeem a perilous situation. PICTURE: Hu Chen/Unsplash Our hero will face intense pain along the way, that will almost break their resolve, but we hold our breath with them, waiting for that […]

Sight-Seeing: The challenges of being a religious scientist

Scientists in a lab

In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTOPHER P SCHEITLE, author of ‘The Faithful Scientist: Experiences of Anti-Religious Bias in Scientific Training’, looks at what his research revealed about the difficulties religious scientists face…

Rising homelessness to ageing population: Five challenges facing cities in 2020

Japan elderly

London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation The world is seeing the biggest wave of urban growth in history with the United Nations expecting almost 70 per cent of people globally to be living in urban areas by 2050, up from 56 per cent today. The shift is creating significant challenges for cities around the world, from […]