Tech companies are eating journalists' lunch. Shouldn't they at least pay for it?
Feb 29, 2016 17:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Journalism is in an existential crisis: revenue to news organisations has fallen off a cliff over the past two decades and no clear business model is emerging to sustain news in the digital era. In the latest in our...
Is Britain safer in or out of the European Union? This one's a no brainer
Feb 29, 2016 17:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since the Islamic State assault on Paris in November 2015, Brexit campaigners have sought to draw a link between Britains partnership with Europe, and the vulnerability of its cities to similar attacks. In the days...
What Berkeley's budget cuts tell us about America's public universities
Feb 29, 2016 12:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The University of California at Berkeley recently announced a financial restructuring due to mounting structural deficits, including a US$150 million shortfall in the current budget year. All areas of universitys...
We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science
Feb 29, 2016 12:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Our team of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan. Our open science research...
How not to wind up voting for a president you don't actually agree with
Feb 29, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When any American enters the voting booth, he (or she) is free to cast his private ballot for any candidate he favors. On the surface, this seems rather obvious, and easy. We each privately vote for the candidate we wish...
Why has trust in charities been declining?
Feb 29, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many of us regularly donate to charity in order to do good. From rare diseases to abused animals and cancer research, each year we donate around 10 billion to a diverse range of causes such as homelessness, cancer research...
South Africa faces difficult times, but disaster is not inevitable
Feb 29, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Finance minister Pravin Gordhans budget speech has generally been well received. Nevertheless, many people still fear that South Africa is on the verge of disaster. They cite recent events such as the firing of Nhlanhla...
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