Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway
Dec 03, 2019 03:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no...
Dec 03, 2019 03:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Australians like to think of themselves as living in the land of the fair go. Problem is, not all of us get one. As part of a new research project, we surveyed nearly 6,000 Australians over three waves between May 2017...
Banning Huawei could cut off our nose to spite our face. Good 5G matters
Dec 03, 2019 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Productivity growth matters. In advanced economies over the past 15 years it has fallen by half. Which is why it doesnt make much sense to risk damaging one of the most important potential sources for future growth in...
Technologies to manage climate change already exist – but UK needs to scale up efforts urgently
Dec 03, 2019 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When it comes to tackling climate change the UK is still taking baby steps. A lot more needs to be done and fast to hit the 2050 net zero carbon emission targets, which involves offsetting any emissions by absorbing an...
Blockchain's first revolutionary product could be online ID
Dec 03, 2019 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In an interview, PayPals chief executive, Dan Schulman, recently discussed the prospects for blockchain the encrypted, decentralised online ledger system that underpins Bitcoin and myriad other cutting-edge projects....
Virtual reality won't make cows happier, but it might help us see them differently
Dec 03, 2019 03:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Earlier this week, Russian farmers announced they are testing virtual reality (VR) for dairy cows. Conducted at the RusMoloko farm near Moscow, the trials supposedly use specially adapted goggles to show the animals a...
The internet's founder now wants to 'fix the web', but his proposal misses the mark
Dec 01, 2019 03:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
On March 12, the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, the internets founder Tim Berners-Lee said we needed to fix the web. The statement attracted considerable interest. However, a resulting manifesto released on...
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