Could a tragedy like the Grenfell Tower fire happen in the U.S.?
Jun 27, 2017 03:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Grenfell Tower fire in London has triggered questions about how the tragedy could have happened, whether it could happen elsewhere, and what might be learned from it to prevent future disasters. As a professor of fire...
The iPhone turns 10 – and it's isolated us, not united us
Jun 27, 2017 02:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones. For years, mobile phones werent much to look at. The screens...
What Jeff Bezos gets wrong (and right) with his populist philanthropy
Jun 27, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Jeff Bezos, the worlds second-richest person, trails his peers when it comes to generosity. His familys donations to hospitals, museums and universities rarely make headlines, and he hasnt signed the Giving Pledge, a...
Is Putin's Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Jun 27, 2017 02:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. intelligence agencies 17 of them agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign to influence voters in 2016. Although no evidence of collusion...
Elite public schools that rely on entry exams fail the diversity test
Jun 27, 2017 02:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The jewels in many an urban school districts crown are their exam schools, competitive public schools that base enrollment on test scores. With a school like New Yorks Stuyvesant, Boston Latin or Walter Payton (in Chicago)...
AHCA would make rural America's already distressed health care worse
Jun 27, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics
Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Few realize, however, this is also felt through unequal health. Researchers call it the rural mortality...
Why retirement village contracts need to be regulated like insurance
Jun 27, 2017 02:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Economy
While you may think signing a retirement village contract is similar to buying a house or apartment, it isnt. Retirement village contracts resemble insurance contracts more than purchase agreements, only they arent...
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