How would Brexit affect data protection, privacy and surveillance laws in Britain?
May 05, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Successive British governments have passed or tried to pass laws granting wide data sharing and surveillance powers, only for them to founder in the European courts due to conflicts with European directives and laws such...
As Chinatown is eroded, Chinese influence throughout London spreads
May 05, 2016 16:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
There are Chinatowns in cities worldwide. But they are often fossilised, permanently inhabiting some bygone era of new arrivals, out-of-place oriental architecture, and Chinese laundries. This appearance of age can be...
Should Florida 'frack' its limestone for oil and gas? Two geophysicists weigh in
May 05, 2016 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Florida is on the front lines of a debate over the spread of the controversial drilling technique hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which raises a crucial question: are the states unique geology and hydrology safe for...
Domestic violence is often omitted from sentencing reforms. Here's why that's a mistake
May 05, 2016 16:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
On March 8, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill setting new mandatory minimum sentences in domestic violence cases. Those convicted of domestic violence three times must serve 85 percent of their sentences...
Why the stakes are so high for the Black Panther
May 05, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The stakes are high for Marvel and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates to do Black Panther well. The character appears this month in the blockbuster Captain America: Civil War, a prelude to the film hell headline in 2018. And last...
Simulating evolution: how close do computer models come to reality?
May 05, 2016 16:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Darwins theory of evolution is a simple but powerful framework that explains how complexity can come from simplicity: how everything biological around us from the microbial biofilms on your teeth to the majestic redwood...
Cybersecurity's weakest link: humans
May 05, 2016 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
There is a common thread that connects the hack into the sluicegate controllers of the Bowman Avenue dam in Rye, New York; the breach that compromised 20 million federal employee records at the Office of Personnel...
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