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Affordable EVs with cheerful designs are bringing a touch of color to China's overlooked cities. Tiny electric cars weave through traffic in southern China, their cheap and cheerful designs bringing a touch of colour to the EV revolution in the country's overlooked cities.…

Credit: University of York The poorest 40% of U.K. households will be most impacted by existing net zero policies, leading to further deprivation and exclusion, new research reveals. Researchers at the University of York have contributed to a new report from The Young Foundation which explores how the transition to net zero could affect households and…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that children growing up in low-income families have fewer opportunities to make friends and to socially integrate at school. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University of Stockholm examined data from over 200 school classes in Sweden and reached this conclusion. Having friends…

Deprived children are being robbed of a lifetime of reading for pleasure, by governments that are “simply blind” to the benefits of loving literature from an early age, according to the author Michael Morpurgo.Morpurgo and a coalition of leading authors, including Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman and Cressida Cowell, are backing a call by BookTrust to ensure that every child from a low-income family has access to books and reading activities by investing in a programme across schools and nurseries.“We have to acknowledge…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has made a compelling case for significantly expanding rail infrastructure in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LICs and LMICs), in order to reach climate goals and provide economic benefits. The white paper, titled "Bridging the Rail Finance Gap: Challenges and Opportunities for…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is keeping a close eye on internet providers to make sure they provide Americans with equal access to broadband services regardless of customers' "income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion or national origin." Two years after the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law became official, the FCC has adopted (PDF) a final set of relevant rules to enforce.The Commission will have the power to investigate possible instances of "digital discrimination" under the new rules and could…

Credit: Kyle on Unsplash Trans and gender-diverse adolescents in England are more likely to experience gender discrimination and poorer well-being than their cisgender peers. Researchers compared 20,000 young people aged 12–15 in Greater Manchester across different gender groups. The study is published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Marked…

July 17, 2023 12:00 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)Europeans are facing a new economic reality, one they haven’t experienced in decades. They are becoming poorer.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 July 17, 2023 12:00 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)Europeans are facing a new economic reality, one they haven’t experienced in decades. They are becoming poorer.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Students frequently slept past the start of morning classes. a, Sleep periods and scheduled classes are shown in a representative student who took part in a 6-week actigraphy study. b, Sleep offsets from 174 students are sorted by their first class of the day. Each circle corresponds to an individually determined sleep offset value. Open circles show instances when students woke up after the start of their class. Black circles show instances when…

Mental health refers to a person’s overall emotional and psychological well-being. It includes the ability to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively, as well as the ability to form and maintain healthy relationships. Good mental health is an important aspect of overall health and well-being.A new study from psychologists at the University of Cambridge has found that young people who perceive themselves as coming from poorer backgrounds than their peers are more likely to have lower self-esteem and be…