Are pop stars destined to die young?
Jun 08, 2016 05:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Princes autopsy has determined that the artist died of an accidental overdose of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The news comes on the heels of the death of former Metallica drummer Nick Menza, who collapsed on stage and...
How Bernie Sanders can still become president
Jun 08, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Bernie Sanders will not become president of the United States. But he could still become president of Vermont if the Green Mountain State secedes. Its not such a far-fetched notion. Vermont was an independent republic...
Democracy goes missing in action as politicians obfuscate, avoid and patronise
Jun 08, 2016 05:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As we pass the halfway mark of the 2016 federal election campaign (how long is it since you heard so many grown adults effectively asking are we there yet?), key message scripts and political performances are daily in...
Google wants to tap the second golden age of television
Jun 08, 2016 04:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Traditional pay-television providers, already under pressure from consumers opting for streaming internet video, are facing a new threat. Google is getting into TV advertising, and a decision made earlier this year by...
No big deal: there is little to fear from nanoparticles in food
Jun 08, 2016 02:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Nanomaterials, and especially nanoparticles, have been on some peoples worry list for at least a decade. The definition of a nanomaterial is rather loose, just specifying that it must have at least one dimension of 100...
Rules change, new voters mean an unpredictable primary day in California
Jun 08, 2016 02:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Three months after Super Tuesday, the presidential primary is finally coming to California. That the Democratic Party still has two candidates in the race this late in the game reflects a highly divided base across the...
Euro gets momentary cushion from slumps as ECB remains accommodative with deferral in easing cycle
Jun 07, 2016 14:42 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The FX market continues pricing a high probability of an additional 10 bps rate cut by the ECB in H1 2017 (see graph). As per ECB official, easing monetary policy by rates cut measures again would require a diverse...
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