Exposure to fine particulate matter during cognitive assessments lowered adult cognitive performance in Kenya, and coarser pollution measures missed much of this short-run variation.

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe has made history at the London Marathon, winning the men’s race in a historic time of 1hr 59mins 30secs

Every Monday night in Montevideo, hundreds of people gather around a table in a public square, drawn by the pulse of drums, guitars, and voices.

Behind Alysa Liu’s Olympic glory lies a deeper drama — one that China does not want told.

Nearly 30 years of data from a landmark UC Berkeley project in Kenya show that treating children's intestinal parasites does more than improve health — it boosts adult earnings and secures the lives…

Planet Money went to the annual meeting of the American Economics Association, and we saw some fascinating papers presented there.

Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

Political and economic divergence on the Continent continues apace

Proximity to lead mining in childhood had long-term effects on late life memory/attention decline and language/executive function, reflecting a possible latent influence of lead exposure. More research is needed to understand behavioral and biological pathways underlying this relationship.

Climbing Mount Fuji is a test of strength and stamina. Steaming bowls of curry udon await climbers who make the overnight hike.

One of the principal arguments advanced against the MGNREGA is that it raises wages. This concern underlies the clamour to restrict the scheme to the agricultural off-season. But in the context of the...

New projections highlight the feedback loop between lower growth and increased conflict risk in Africa under climate change.

Research on VoxDev in 2025 has shed light on getting stuff done, paying for it, the changing development landscape, and a whole lot more.

Will scientific progress slow down if more countries in the world become autocratic? That is one of the questions political science professor Tore Wig will seek to answer with two million euros from t...

Hydroclimatic variations significantly influenced the Indus Valley Civilization's rise and fall, with warmer, drier conditions during pre-Harappan to late-Harappan periods leading to human migration a...

The 17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade is among the largest declines measured in the Gallup World Poll.