Has China's coal use peaked? Here's how to read the tea leaves
Apr 12, 2016 12:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
As the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, how much coal China is burning is of global interest. In March, the countrys National Bureau of Statistics said the tonnage of coal has fallen for the second year...
Brexit campaign is doomed – if bookmakers are right again
Apr 12, 2016 12:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As we edge closer to the EU referendum on June 23, the latest opinion polls put the Remain and Leave campaigns either neck and neck or at least close together. But the reputation of opinion polls has plummeted following...
Pleasure, porn and power: rethinking sex and disability
Apr 12, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Is sexual attraction to curving spines, scarred stumps, leg braces and prostheses any different to finding large breasts, small waists, and long legs appealing? Devotees dont think so. If you dont know, a (disability)...
Panama Papers: why we're looking at global corruption the wrong way
Apr 12, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Although the size and scale of the Panama Papers leak was shocking, the offshore dealing they revealed was hardly a surprise. After all, many organisations, including Transparency International, Global Witness, Action Aid,...
Books become films and films become games – stories can now be told without limits
Apr 12, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
What is it about videogames that keeps players spellbound for hours, days, even weeks at a time? Some offer players the freedom to explore a world beautiful to behold, one of rich geographic detail achieved through the...
BoC in neutral mode at April meet, focus likely to be on the Monetary Policy Report
Apr 12, 2016 10:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Bank of Canada (BoC) holds its next policy meeting on Wednesday, 13th April. While no change in policy is expected, the central banks new growth forecasts will be watched. The central bank is expected to keep policy...
Beyoncé and the cultural lure of sweat
Apr 12, 2016 08:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Beyoncé has launched, in collaboration with the owner of Topshop, a range of activewear (clothing for sport or exercise) named Ivy Park. The singer joins a growing list of celebrities who have launched activewear...
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