Wake Up, Sleepy Ikea Shoppers!
In China, customers like to take naps on the sofas and beds. Ikea is trying to stop that. So is a Chinese comic — who this month posted videos in which he awakened the nappers.
Global Health
Alexis Okeowo Finds God In The Brave Acts Of Ordinary Africans
The journalist, fatigued with stories of hopelessness and despair, writes a book about people who have the courage to resist extremism — sometimes just by playing basketball.
What's The Meaning Of The World Bank's New Poverty Lines?
If you live on $1.90 a day or less, the World Bank says you are extremely poor. Two new poverty lines offer a way to measure poverty in middle income countries.
VIDEOS: Look Who's Talking About Polio Over A Cup Of Coffee
In an unlikely series of online videos, "polio experts" share their stories from the campaign to eradicate the virus.
How Widows Find Their Path To Healing In Zimbabwe
Sheryl Sandberg's best-seller, Option B, has perspectives on finding resilience and joy after adversity. In other countries there are different obstacles — and different ways to cope.
Nivea Ad For 'Visibly Fairer Skin' Sparks Controversy In West Africa
The billboard and TV spot shows a Nigerian beauty pageant winner using a product called Natural Fairness Body Lotion. Critics are describing the ad as "colorist" and tone-deaf.
Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device
The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster.
Webcast: Can The World Finally Wipe Out Polio?
An early goal was to eradicate the disease by the year 2000. Where do we now stand — and what obstacles remain?
Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined
Researchers looked at the combined effects of air, water and soil pollution on global health to come up with an annual toll.
If A Pile Of Poo Has An Emoji, Shouldn't A Mosquito Have One Too?
There are 2,666 emojis for tweeting and texting. A mosquito is not one of them. Global health campaigners are trying to change that.