Why you might want to think twice about surrendering online privacy for the sake of convenience
Jan 11, 2017 18:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It is inconvenient to guard ones privacy, and the better one protects it, the more inconvenience one must endure. Enjoying privacy, at a minimum, demands installing software to block tracking online, using long and...
Handing regions power to set their own immigration policy will not fix social integration
Jan 11, 2017 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In a bid to improve the integration of immigrants in Britain, a group of MPs has suggested different areas of the country could be given control over how many people are allowed to live and work there. The idea was...
Are the rich really getter poorer and the poor getting richer?
Jan 11, 2017 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The median UK household is better off. The poorest households are doing even better than the median, and the richest households have been the greatest losers. At least thats one way to read the headline statistics put out...
Its official: inequality, climate change and social polarisation are bad for you
Jan 11, 2017 17:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
This years Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum warns that rising income inequality and societal polarisation could create further problems if urgent action isnt taken - and thats after the car-crash that was...
It's time to wake up to the devastating impact flying has on the environment
Jan 11, 2017 17:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Ready to get over your post-festive comedown by booking an escape to the sun? For many of you, that will involve flying. And while Im sorry to put a downer on your holiday plans, there are several problems with this from a...
The Trump dossier and why verification is important in the era of fake news
Jan 11, 2017 17:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
To verify, or not to verify? That is the question that journalists face on an almost daily basis; but the issue of whether media organisations should publish information that isnt 100% watertight has been brought into...
A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
Jan 11, 2017 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently raised the prospect of changing the law around acquiring Australian citizenship. He acknowledged the vast majority of migrants are well-integrated, and should be fast-tracked...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects