Category: Society
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When People Are Forced to Become Heroes
The idea of the hero stems from antiquity, heroes protect the rest of us from danger and allow us to continue living our comfortable lives. But, what happens when one is thrown into heroism without being asked?
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This crisis will reshape the way we understand city living
Tel Aviv Foundation’s CEO says city leaders need to listen and be patient to learn from the current crisis. Also, the large events and crowds won’t be back for some time, but that could be a good thing
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How DARPA Kickstarted AV Development
DARPA director Tony Tether came up with a novel idea: DARPA would launch a challenge, a series of races, for robot cars.
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Primary and Secondary Schools Dive Headfirst into Online Teaching Amid COVID-19
Educators have been drawn into adapting to online teaching overnight. We explore how schools, teachers and parents are dealing with the current reality.
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Tirana’s young volunteers help elderly residents during COVID-19 lockdown
By joining the #AdoptoNjeGjyshe (#AdoptAGrandparent) initiative, youngsters are volunteering to support their lonely elderly neighbours by sharing a home-cooked meal or offering to deliver their groceries and medicines.
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Biggest Ever Climate Demonstrations Taking Place in Europe
Today more than three million people have taken to the streets in support of the Global Climate Strikes Once again youth organisers led the strikes, as they have been doing since Greta Thunberg started the first school strike in August 2018. This time, however, they were joined by adults representing trade unions, charities and thousands […]