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NASA says it will put the first Black person on the moon in 2025
The next visit to the lunar surface is set to be the most diverse yet - and it’s about time. It may surprise you to know that only a dozen humans have ever touched down on the moon. Perhaps less surprising is the fact that those boasting ‘moonwalker’ status are all white men. Although a relatively diverse set of astronauts have completed space travel (we’re not counting Bezos or Branson in...
Why is empathising with celebrity mental health issues so hard?
Celebrities struggle with mental health problems too - but can their public disclosure ever be useful when so many find it hard to truly believe them? Stigma around mental health struggles is diminishing. Workplaces are starting to take it seriously, discussing the subject more openly, while online spaces are becoming rife with advice on how to cope. But opening up about depression or anxiety is still inherently difficult. It requires being...
Achieving gender equality is a major key to solving climate change
Women and girls around the world face greater risks and burdens of climate change than their male counterparts, but their exclusion from positions of authority have prevented them from having a say in creating real solutions. Gender inequality is most evident within education, healthcare systems, and employment sectors - but it is also creating obstacles for solving the global threat of climate change. Though a warming world affects everyone, women are...
Tiffany & Co. taps into hypebeast culture with Supreme collab
The luxury jewellery and homeware brand is looking to expand its consumer market beyond Upper East Side dwellers and soon-to-be-engaged Millennials this fall. When you think of Tiffany & Co., you’re likely to think of the dainty, classic, minimal aesthetic of the 1960s, emulated most famously by Audrey Hepburn. The brand has been a long-time seller of luxury goods and coveted diamonds worth millions, the stuff of dreams for women and...
Bill Gates wants to prepare us for the future of bioterrorism
Along with climate change and the ongoing pandemic, the multi-billionaire and brain behind Microsoft has coined bioterrorism as the next impending threat to humanity. The idea that somewhere in the world, somebody is in a laboratory plotting to release a deadly virus out into the global population sounds a lot like the storyline of an upcoming thriller film starring Liam Neeson. Maybe so, but Bill Gates has said that this could...
World leaders commit to halting deforestation by 2030
The first major deal of COP26 has been made, with over one hundred world leaders pledging to halt and reverse deforestation within the next decade. It’s all about the green - and no, I’m not talking money. We know trees - rainforests in particular - are important to keep our planet’s ecosystem in balance. They provide us with air to breathe, eliminate toxins from the atmosphere, and absorb CO2 down into...
Young people demand their voices are heard at COP26
World leaders have referenced saving the planet for ‘our children and our children’s children’ many times at COP already. But are young people being adequately included at the summit? Today’s youth are the least to blame for the climate crisis, but without drastic changes, we will be the ones left to deal with the consequences of a warmer, more polluted world. The average age of leaders attending COP26 is over 60,...
Can livestream shopping survive in a post-lockdown world?
Early excitement about the potential of livestream shopping in the West is dwindling. Can the industry really take off now that the high street has opened up? During the pandemic, Western brands began experimenting with livestream shopping, a technology that contributed $4.4 billion USD to China’s economy in 2018. Lockdown or not, China’s livestream shopping industry thrives, with more than 100 million viewers tuning into live online video events every month....
Which nations are leading by example at COP26?
The UK might be hosting this year’s climate summit, but there are several other nations leading the pack in the fight against climate change. It’s time for a little who’s who. If you’ve been poring over our articles on Thred lately, you’ll already know that COP26 presents a key moment to assess global progress made since the Paris Climate Agreement. During the 2015 meeting, world leaders made a two-part agreement. The...
Chalk Back uses street graffiti to highlight sexual harassment
Words have serious power, that's why one global organisation is chalking out catcalls on major walkways to raise awareness about them. By the time girls reach the age of seventeen, 84 percent have been subjected to catcalling while in public. Even worse, 13 percent have experienced it by the age of ten. Although catcalling is something womxn are susceptible to anytime we leave our homes, the frequency at which it occurs...
