The Meg: the ocean's fossil record is a treasure trove for potential monster movies
Aug 13, 2018 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As The Meg, a new sci-fi horror film about a giant shark, fills cinema screens worldwide, its worth pausing to appreciate the animal behind the screams. Carcharocles megalodon (or just Megalodon) is one of the most...
FxWirePro: Is gamma selling worth in EMFX vols? Uphold calendar spreads amid Turkish tailspin
Aug 13, 2018 13:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDTRY is spiking and establishing swiftly new all-time highs day-by-day owing to a robust dollar outlook and new sanctions imposed on Turkeys government. The pair has started bouncing from the lows of 5.2161 level to the...
Why Indonesia and Timor Leste should involve indigenous people in border dispute talks
Aug 13, 2018 13:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste should include indigenous people in border dispute negotiations between the two countries. The indigenous community of Ambenu people in Timor Leste has kinship ties with the...
Political compromise behind Indonesia's vice presidential nominees: experts respond
Aug 13, 2018 13:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Candidates for Indonesias presidential election next year recently announced their choice of running mates after months of speculations. The names are a political compromise between political elites that ignores the...
Northern Ireland needs a new unionism that reflects the diverse and multicultural nature of the UK
Aug 13, 2018 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Since the spiralling civil conflict of the Troubles in the early 1970s, unionism in Northern Ireland has always been more preoccupied with asserting its opposition to Irish unification, as opposed to articulating a vision...
Why cheetahs in the Maasai Mara need better protection from tourists
Aug 13, 2018 13:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The global cheetah population is continuing to decline with only about 7000 individuals left in Africa. This is thought to be about half the population that existed 40 years ago. The decline has been caused by the loss and...
Southern Africa's liberation movements: can they abandon old bad habits?
Aug 13, 2018 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Until recently, southern Africas political and economic outlook seemed to be moving in a promising direction. The highlights were provided by Zimbabwe and South Africa with the displacement of Robert Mugabe by Emmerson...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects