India-Pakistan nuclear war would threaten the entire world

100 milion people could die immediately in a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, but that would just be the beginning.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 3, 2019 ~4 min

U.S. computer science students are crushing it

US computer science students beat those in India, China, and Russia when competing head-to-head, a new study shows.

Alex Shashkevich-Stanford • futurity
March 20, 2019 ~5 min


1.8 billion adolescents got a check-up

"...when it comes to adolescents we have just assumed that they're relatively healthy." A new report challenges that view.

Andrew Trounson-Melbourne • futurity
March 14, 2019 ~7 min

Trauma of partition haunts India and Pakistan today

Tensions between India and Pakistan today are better understood in light of the Partition of India in 1947, the largest mass migration in human history.

Alex Shashkevich-Stanford • futurity
March 11, 2019 ~2 min

Data from dirt improve monsoon predictions

Data about soil temperature and moisture can improve predictions about how much rain will fall during monsoons.

Brian Wallheimer-Purdue • futurity
Feb. 22, 2019 ~3 min

Earth has more green area, but that’s not quite good news

Additional "green leaf area" on Earth sounds good, but satellite images show it's not that simple.

Boston University • futurity
Feb. 18, 2019 ~5 min

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