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World Solve is a public institutional repository for identifying real unresolved problems across science, society, health, governance, economics, and local systems. Each entry is intended to be citable, inspectable, and actionable.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
As AI-generated accounts and bots flood social platforms, telling a real person from an automated one is getting harder. Without a trusted verification method, online trust and public discourse both suffer.
climate-environment
global-unspecified
trusted
person
online
real
don
have
widely
way
prove
actually
whether
philosophy-ethics
resolved
determine
agreed
prevent
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Data gets copied, backed up, and shared across so many servers that a single delete request rarely removes every trace. Real digital privacy requires a technical guarantee that deletion actually means deletion.
technology-computing
global-unspecified
guarantee
data
every
personal
once
deleted
truly
gone
system
touched
society-governance
whether
trust
philosophy-ethics
building
incomplete
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Dark matter and dark energy make up roughly ninety five percent of the universe, yet we've never directly detected either. Everything we can see and touch is a small fraction of what's really out there.
science-space
global-unspecified
universe
energy
don
know
mass
actually
dark
matter
make
roughly
whether
philosophy-ethics
mathematics-logic
determine
Develop cooking technologies, fuel distribution, financing, repair, and behavioral models that reduce biomass dependence without imposing recurring burdens on women.
economics-resources
africa
rwanda
cooking
creating
clean
systems
households
actually
sustain
develop
technologies
fuel
society-governance
climate-environment
reducing
reduce
dependence
