In February SAGE Ocean ran an enthralling event experience. Three panelists, two hosts and about 20 attendees all put their headsets on from their labs, offices and homes to join a virtual classroom decorated with trees, a castle, a slightly scary tiger and a hippo, to talk about the future of VR in social science research.

The Human Progress website is a meticulously created and managed database that steadily follows and documents human progress. It is a free research tool that saddles the line between our normal pessimistic outlooks and that of a more optimistic reality