Swedish physician and statistician Hans Rosling insisted that facts must be used to guide debates over public policy. This stance is surprisingly rare since most "serious" politicians and pundits make ...

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“THE biggest myth is that if we save all the poor kids, we will destroy the planet,” says Hans Rosling, a doctor and professor of international health at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. “But you ...

Three TED talks are now online, and these are probably the cream of the crop: Pranav Mistry, Hans Rosling, and Devdutt Patnaik were the rock stars at TED India, held in the Infosys campus at Mysore.

Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor of global health and well-known public educator, has died aged 68, his Gapminder foundation has announced. Mr Rosling was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year ago ...

Hans Rosling combats global ignorance by bringing data to life. Photo: Jörgen Hildebrandt/Gapminder Hans Rosling is a man on the move. And on a mission. When The Local catches up with him in Stockholm ...

Google has acquired Swedish non-profit company Gapminder that produces visually attractive graphics to display facts, figures, and statistics in presentations. See the site’s new home page for an ...

Hans Rosling, the beloved Swedish statistician and self-described “edutainer” who taught the world how to use numbers and data in thrilling ways, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Rosling’s ...