How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet
Jan 20, 2019 09:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
If were serious about feeding the worlds growing population healthy food, and not ruining the planet, we need to get used to a new style of eating. This includes cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50%,...
Exercise can fast-track your workplace well-being - here's how
Jan 20, 2019 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Exercise has been found to reduce stress, increase positive mood, decrease anxiety and alleviate depression. But you may not know that the emotional well-being associated with exercise is also linked to key attributes that...
Gillette ad isn't anti-men, it's anti-toxic masculinity – and this should be welcomed
Jan 20, 2019 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Gillettes new ad The best men can be, which plays on the razor brands long-held motto, The best a man can get is powerful and emotional, a carefully-spun narrative about the role models young boys see in their daily...
Rationality: research shows we’re not as stupid as we have been led to believe
Jan 20, 2019 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Suppose you toss a coin and get four heads in a row what do you think will come up on the fifth toss? Many of us have a gut feeling that a tails is due. This feeling, called the Gamblers Fallacy, can be seen in action at...
Digital detoxes are a solution looking for a problem
Jan 20, 2019 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
With New Years resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use or even give it up altogether. The growing popularity of such digital detoxes is encouraged by a slew of negative...
Why Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups
Jan 14, 2019 10:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Business Law
A United States congressional report revealed last year that five opioid manufacturers made more than $10 million in payments to patient advocacy groups and professional societies between 2012 and 2017. Initiatives from...
DNA sequencing can help fight epidemics -- but there are privacy risks
Jan 14, 2019 10:58 am UTC| Science Health
The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak. As is the case with any disease caused by pathogenic viruses like Zika or influenza Ebola spreads dangerously and unpredictably. This makes tracking the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects