Stories by alphabetatango

Global inequality is huge – but so is the opportunity to support the poor

Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

How much energy does Google's AI use? We did the math

Intergenerational Income Mobility Around the World: A New Database

The biggest victory against animal cruelty of the 21st century, in one chart

A new poverty line shifted the World Bank's poverty data

Meat Taxes Are Super Risky. Maybe We Can Make Them Work

Deaths from cardiovascular disease have fallen – the breakthroughs behind this

Growing more food does not mean we always need more and more inputs

Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets raised emissions in China

The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics

Rising Wealth Inequality and Democratic Backsliding Across U.S. States

Are Environmental Concerns Deterring People from Having Children? [pdf]

Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in surveys

Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020–2022 (2024)

There's over half billion mobile money accounts in the world, mostly in Africa

Comparing the Climate and Productivity Impacts of a Shrinking Population

How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence

Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years