100,000 Chinese students join 50km night-time bike ride in search of good soup dumplings
Authorities impose restrictions on bike hire after huge group blocks a highway between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in China, as night biking trend takes off
Future Generations
The Supernuclear Directory
aka the Table of Contents
Online Dating Caused a Rise in US Income Inequality, Research Paper Shows
Online dating may be partially to blame for an increase in income inequality in the US in recent decades, according to a research paper.
Swedish grandparents can now be paid for taking care of their grandchildren
The move comes 50 years after Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce paid leave for both parents.
Nestlé Irish baby milk factory to close as China birth rate drops
The closure of the plant in Askeaton, County Limerick, will mean more than 500 job losses.
It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem. I’m 33.
Meet the 1990 and 1991 babies, a massive microgeneration in lifelong competition for America’s economic resources, reshaping the world around them.
Older Swiss women just set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate change policy
Their victory in the European Court of Human Rights is a huge win for the climate.
Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies
Oji Holdings said it would stop making children’s nappies in September amid a sharp decline in demand. Japan has a rapidly ageing society
China deletes leaked stats showing plunging birth rate for 2023
Chinese censors deleted an article on Wednesday that reportedly leaked full-year population figures for 2023, revealing a plummeting birth rate despite ongoing efforts by the ruling party to encourage people to have families.
Derek Thompson on X: "What is HAPPENING here? Between 2012 and 2023, it appears that average OECD reading, math and science scores have declined consistently. This is not (just) about pandemic learning loss. It’s not about one US city. It’s not even just the US. This is the entire developed world. https://t.co/CRj4z8YKPT" / X
What is HAPPENING here?Between 2012 and 2023, it appears that average OECD reading, math and science scores have declined consistently.This is not (just) about pandemic learning loss. It’s not about one US city. It’s not even just the US. This is the entire developed world. pic.twitter.com/CRj4z8YKPT— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) December 12, 2023
This Instagram star might soon be mayor of one of Mexico’s wealthiest cities
As Mariana Rodríguez campaigns around the clock on Instagram, electoral authorities are wondering how to regulate influencers-turned-politicians.
CALLING ALL GEN Z: Phone Free Friday Summer Challenge!
This Summer, Let’s Reclaim Our Time (Starting June 14th)
A Dutch coffee brand is recruiting a Board of Little Directors (aged 8-12)
Acknowledging the long-term impact of decisions made today, De Koffiejongens wants to ask preteens what they'd do if they were in charge.