Confrontational and nonconformist: how UK journalists compare with their German counterparts – new research

Apr 27, 2019 06:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The British press is regarded by the rest of the world as notoriously raucous. If you need an example of how raucous, the way British newspapers have reported Brexit is only one recent, if much-discussed, example....

Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient – but for citizens' sake they need to slow down

Apr 27, 2019 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications and sharing information, with urban infrastructure, to create smart cities. One of the...

Vox: how to understand the peculiarities of Spain’s hard-right movement

Apr 27, 2019 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Ahead of an election in Spain in which a large proportion of voters are still undecided, one party is causing a major stir. Vox is campaigning largely on an anti-separatist ticket proposing recentralisation of powers to...

Antibiotics: beneficial side effects are starting to come to light

Apr 27, 2019 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

The discovery of antibiotics in the 1920s has contributed to longer and healthier lives, and they are now being used more widely than ever before. The main reason that antibiotics are prescribed is to kill bacterial...

The internal -- and external -- factors that will shape Sudan's political transition

Apr 27, 2019 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The stamina exhibited by mainly young protesters in Sudan is a clear reflection of the depth of their grievance and frustration. Their persistence was critical in ousting the dictator Omar al-Bashir. But it will also be...

Feel like time is flying? Here's how to slow it down

Apr 27, 2019 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Sometimes it seems as if life is passing us by. When we are children, time ambles by, with endless car journeys and summer holidays which seem to last forever. But as adults, time seems to speed up at a frightening rate,...

Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?

Apr 27, 2019 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Whenever I visit the Sahara I am struck by how sunny and hot it is and how clear the sky can be. Aside from a few oases there is little vegetation, and most of the worlds largest desert is covered with rocks, sand and sand...