Why a 'soft Brexit' is in the interest of both London and Brussels
Jan 05, 2017 16:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
London accounts for 85% of the EUs hedge fund assets, 78% of its foreign exchange turnover, 74% of over-the-counter interest rate derivatives, 64% of private equity assets and 59% of its international insurance premiums....
Combining daycare for children and elders benefits all generations
Jan 05, 2017 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
We live in a society where care of young and old is increasingly segregated, with very limited opportunity for the two age groups to interact. If we just thought a little more socially, however, these book end generations...
China's new Silk Road is all part of its grand strategy for global influence
Jan 05, 2017 16:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The first freight train from China to the UK has started its 12,000 mile journey from the industrial city of Yiwu in the east of China to London. Part of Chinas One Belt, One Road project to link east and west, it is all...
We made a lightweight trauma pack to save and change lives on rural African roads
Jan 05, 2017 13:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its a common misconception that design is about aesthetics; its a great deal more involved than that. Sometimes good design can mean the difference between poverty and prosperity, or even life and death. For the past...
Seven ways education needs to change in 2017
Jan 05, 2017 13:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
When James Callaghan, then prime minister, launched his great debate on education at Ruskin College Oxford in 1976, the content and role of education became a hotly contested subject. Schools today, however, are now less...
How to burn more oil and gas but slash emissions? Offshore power stations
Jan 05, 2017 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views
While the energy in fossil fuels is valuable for society, burning them has well documented environmental consequences global warming, smog and the effects of nitrous and sulphur oxides. Many think the time has come to...
Housing the dead: what happens when a city runs out of space?
Jan 05, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Do you know where and how you want to be buried? Will you choose an elaborate Victorian-style headstone, or do you prefer a green burial, with only a GPS tracking signal indicating your location? Or you may elect to...
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