Is it possible to live off-grid?

Mar 18, 2018 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

As interest grows in self-sufficient, sustainable communities, and fears over Europes reliance on gas imports increase, more and more people are considering moving off-grid. Pioneering companies are already building...

Some easy fixes for Russia's flagging economy – if only politics didn't get in the way

Mar 18, 2018 05:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

With the outcome of the Russian election almost certainly a return to power for Vladimir Putin, its perhaps more interesting to consider how he could improve the countrys flagging economy. This is more of a...

Free divers have long defied science – and we still don't really understand how they go so deep

Mar 18, 2018 05:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time the record for women is nine minutes, and men...

Global Geopolitics Series

Russians are starved of alternative viewpoints by their media's united anti-Western front

Mar 18, 2018 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views

When Russia ignored a British government ultimatum to explain whether it was involved in the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, Theresa May quickly announced a set of...

Big brands ripping off street art is not cool: why illegal graffiti should be protected by copyright

Mar 18, 2018 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law

When street artist Jason Revok Williams sprayed his trademark chevrons on a handball court in Brooklyn, he probably didnt imagine he would end up taking a high-street fashion giant to court for breach of copyright. But...

Low-carbon computing is needed to avoid a technological collapse

Mar 18, 2018 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Human society has come to rely on superior gadgets being produced every year. Each year, new phones or laptops are faster, sleeker and have even more capabilities. However, electronics are rarely recycled, and the carbon...

FxWirePro: Spotlight on EMFX space and trade baskets ahead of FOMC

Mar 16, 2018 12:10 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The short-term repricing of Fed hikes is typically not supportive of EM FX returns, which also motivates our selective hedges (e.g. TRY and MXN). The recent research in the past emphasized the distinction between increases...