The world's biggest source of freshwater is beneath your feet
Mar 01, 2016 15:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
You might not give it more than a passing thought, but groundwater is a vital freshwater resource. In Australia alone, the reserves of groundwater help to earn the nation a steady A$34 billion a year from mining, food...
The Guardian's costly gap between traffic and profits
Mar 01, 2016 15:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The Guardian is a perplexing media phenomenon a digital media company with the third highest global readership in English that nonetheless appears to be on the brink of a financial crisis. Later this month employees at...
Gender equality in the workplace can prevent violence against women
Mar 01, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Workplaces can be a key setting to prevent violence against women but prevention programs are often thwarted by some leaders who dont see it as a workplace issue, our research shows. Our report focused on 15 workplaces...
Will readers rise to greet The New Day? Here's what I thought of Britain's new paper
Mar 01, 2016 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The New Day, Trinity Mirrors attempt to breathe life into the generally moribund world of UK national daily newspapers, has been launched after a 5m advertising campaign and much industry speculation about who its market...
If you want more organs for transplant, stop asking the family's opinion
Mar 01, 2016 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Organ donation has been a hot political topic in the UK of late. Wales introduced a new rule last December that presumed that people gave permission to donate organs in the event of their death (barring a family veto),...
Is the architecture of Westminster bad for politics?
Mar 01, 2016 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The UKs House of Commons has been the scene of many memorable confrontations over the years especially during the weekly theatrics of Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs). Things got particularly nasty when prime minister...
Climate change adaptation in global megacities protects wealth – not people
Feb 29, 2016 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Cities across the world are increasingly at risk from climate change. People living in extreme poverty are especially vulnerable, both because global warming will tend to hit developing countries the hardest, and because...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects