Billingulism: how to get your child to speak your language – and why it matters

Oct 16, 2018 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Humans have been migrating since prehistoric times moving within and beyond geographical borders in search of food, for survival or for better prospects in life. In the European Union alone, the latest figures show that...

NASA wants to send humans to Venus – here's why that's a brilliant idea

Oct 16, 2018 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Popular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Natural...

Suicide behaviour in social circles increases risk for Kenyan men

Oct 16, 2018 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Suicide is increasingly recognised as a global health challenge by the World Health Organisation who call for society-wide efforts to prevent suicide. In a recent study, we set out to understand the drivers of suicide...

Informal economies are diverse: South African policies need to recognise this

Oct 16, 2018 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

South Africa is currently mulling over ideas and agreements that recently came out of a two-day jobs summit. The country is losing the battle against high joblessness. The latest figures show unemployment stood at 27.2%...

We need a new human right – to protect our freedom to live without threat from the skies

Oct 16, 2018 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In little more than 100 years, humans have radically transformed the sky: chemically, territorially and militarily. In this increasingly contested space, technological developments are accelerating the transformation. New...

The Senate is set to approve it, but what exactly is the Trans Pacific Partnership?

Oct 16, 2018 14:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views

These days it is called the TPP-11 or, more formally, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership. It is what was left of the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership after President Donald...

Meet the new seachangers: now it's younger Australians moving out of the big cities

Oct 16, 2018 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

No longer pegged as one of the retirement villages of Australia, recent demographic data and interest in Tasmania suggest a change in the air. The seachange phenomenon, once linked to retirees, now involves younger groups,...