New power plants, gas pipelines, data centers - what some may see as signs of modern progress and development, others see as ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

The large amounts of melting sea ice due to rising global temperatures are impacting polar bears' ability to hunt for seals, forcing them to adapt to new ways of finding food. However, these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. When Snowflake announced its $250 million acquisition of Crunchy Data two weeks ago at its ...

The Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for researchers in several countries, including a cancer statistics ...

As proposed by business consultant and author Geoffrey Moore, "Without big data, you are blind and deaf in the middle of a freeway." Data is not only an asset these days in high-stakes business. It is ...

Under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, member nations may, under certain circumstances, take steps to apply restrictions on imports they deem to be harmful to their domestic industries. These ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...