How changing the world's food systems can help to protect the planet
Aug 01, 2018 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Going into debt with nature is a dangerous thing. When our stocks of water, land and clean air are spent we dont have a second planet to borrow from. But thats exactly the way that Earth is heading. 1 August 2018 marks an...
Ethiopians want love and forgiveness. But they want justice too
Aug 01, 2018 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In its long history, Ethiopia has seen a few political contours. These range from politics based on alleged divine will to scientific materialism as a rejection of divine ascription and to ethno-linguistic politics....
Oil discoveries in Turkana six years ago haven't delivered benefits for women
Aug 01, 2018 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Turkana is a vast dry, remote county, in northwest Kenya, home to around 1.5 million nomadic livestock herders. The discovery of commercially viable oil deposits six years ago brought with it great expectations of economic...
Anxiety: stop censoring yourself and learn to lose
Aug 01, 2018 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Anxiety disorders are some of the most common mental health problems today. In fact, four out of every 100 people around the world have one, and research my colleagues and I were involved in at the University of Cambridge...
Iran and America: A forgotten friendship
Aug 01, 2018 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As President Donald Trumps rhetoric against Iran heats up again, it is worth recalling a time when the two countries had a distinctly different relationship. That time began in the 1800s, as American missionaries...
Fewer teenagers plan on further study, with disadvantaged teens most at risk
Aug 01, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A smaller proportion of Australian teenagers are expecting to go to university or TAFE than they did 15 years ago, according to new research. The survey, by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), which...
What's wrong with big solar in cities? Nothing, if it's done right
Aug 01, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Many of us are familiar with developments of big solar farms in rural and regional areas. These are often welcomed as a positive sign of our transition towards a low-carbon economy. But do large-scale solar installations...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects