How to improve the skills of tomorrow's doctors
Oct 05, 2017 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Imagine youre inside an ambulance racing to the emergency room with the lights and sirens blaring. You and your nine-year-old daughter were in a car accident; she is unconscious and bleeding. The paramedic has initiated an...
The opioid epidemic in 6 charts
Oct 05, 2017 03:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the Unites States, surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public health...
How the Chinese cyberthreat has evolved
Oct 05, 2017 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
With more than half of its 1.4 billion people online, the worlds most populous country is home to a slew of cyberspies and hackers. Indeed, China has likely stolen more secrets from businesses and governments than any...
Catalonia's referendum unmasks authoritarianism in Spain
Oct 05, 2017 03:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
I have long worried about the rise of authoritarianism in the European Union. The Spanish governments violent crackdown during the Catalonia referendum on Oct. 1 is the latest crisis to challenge EU institutions....
Alternative facts do exist: beliefs, lies and politics
Oct 05, 2017 03:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This piece is republished with permission from Perils of Populism, the 57th edition of Griffith Review. Articles are a little longer than most published on The Conversation, presenting an in-depth analysis of the rise of...
Oct 04, 2017 13:00 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We raise 4Q17 oil price forecasts by 4.50/bbl on Brent and $1/bbl on WTI to reflect the tighter balances now forecast, to $54.50 and $50.00/bbl, respectively. Similarly, for 2018 we raise Brent to $47/bbl, and WTI to...
Oct 04, 2017 12:40 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The Polish central bank held its rate decision today: no change in monetary policy was the consensus. The National Bank of Poland announced its reference rate at a record low of 1.5 pct on October 4th, 2017, as widely...
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