How extremists have used the COVID pandemic to further their own ends, often with chaotic results

Jan 10, 2022 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, extremists have sought to exploit the pandemic environment to their own ends. Where most of the population sees an enduring health catastrophe, extremists tend to see opportunity. Over...

Capitol assault: the real reason Trump and the crowd almost killed US democracy

Jan 07, 2022 06:01 am UTC| Politics Insights & Views

It was the moment that could have brought US democracy to its knees. One year ago, around noon on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump gave the concluding speech to a Stop the Steal rally in Washington DC. Within an hour,...

Sydney's dams may be almost full – but don't relax, because drought will come again

Jan 07, 2022 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views

Dams serving capital cities such as Canberra, Hobart and Sydney are near full after two years of widespread rainfall. But these wet conditions wont last. Under climate change, droughts in Australia will become more...

What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social media? 3 experts weigh in

Jan 03, 2022 12:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views

At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the presidential election and the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 proved up to the task,...

Five ways the internet era has changed British English – new research

Jan 03, 2022 12:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The dramatic changes in technology over the past 20 or so years, from the internet to the smartphone and digital assistants like Alexa, have made communication more accessible than ever before. We have created an online...

Explainer: what is corporate social responsibility or CSR – and what do investors need to know?

Jan 03, 2022 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

With the world facing an ever-growing number of environmental and social challenges, investors are increasingly expecting corporations to do the right thing and contribute positively to the community. This is known as...

How a handful of prehistoric geniuses launched humanity's technological revolution

Jan 03, 2022 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

For the first few million years of human evolution, technologies changed slowly. Some three million years ago, our ancestors were making chipped stone flakes and crude choppers. Two million years ago, hand-axes. A million...