April 13, 2020 – People all across the U.S. claim that they are “not math people.” They even readily admit to their hatred for some math fundamentals, such as fractions. For instance, a participant in one of our research studies on how well adults understand fractions proclaimed: “Fractions are my worst nightmare!” Could people’s fear and […]
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New public-opinion poll calls for better climate education and urgent upskilling
Geneva, Switzerland, January 21, 2020 – A global survey of public opinion published today by the World Economic Forum finds that the world overwhelmingly blames global warming on human activity, with some regions slightly less trusting of climate science in 2020. The survey also finds a majority of people in the world believe schools are […]
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More than a Lifetime Away: World Faces 100-Year Wait for Gender Parity
Geneva, Switzerland, December 17, 2019– The time it will take to close the gender gap narrowed to 99.5 years in 2019. While an improvement on 2018 – when the gap was calculated to take 108 years to close – it still means parity between men and women across health, education, work and politics will take […]
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Leaders Underscore the Importance of NATO
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 24, 2019 – As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, leaders from both sides of the Atlantic reaffirmed the importance of the alliance for mutual defence. “If NATO didn’t exist today, we would have to invent it,” said Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister of Defence […]
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Sir David Attenborough Makes Impassioned Plea for the Natural World at World Economic Forum
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2019 – In a brief but passionate interview with HRH Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, celebrated nature documentarian Sir David Attenborough made an impassioned plea to participants of the World Economic Forum to care for the natural world. Attenborough urged participants to preserve the childlike wonder with which they first […]