Smartphones in India: how to get 1.25 billion people online
Sep 26, 2016 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Is it possible to connect the vast majority of Indias 1.25 billion citizens to the internet? Thats the ambition at the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modis Digital India campaign. But if the government wants to achieve...
Addicted to oil: US gasoline consumption is higher than ever
Sep 26, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
August was the biggest month ever for U.S. gasoline consumption. Americans used a staggering 9.7 million barrels per day. Thats more than a gallon per day for every U.S. man, woman and child. The new peak comes as a...
Are we finally about to get a global agreement on aviation emissions?
Sep 26, 2016 06:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Tomorrow, delegates from more than 190 nations will begin an 11-day meeting in Montreal to determine the final form of a scheme to reduce greenhouse emissions from the aviation industry. The meeting the latest in a...
'Syria: Always Beautiful' – can tourism be a force for peace?
Sep 26, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Earlier this month the Syrian government released a new tourism advertisement to promote its beaches and landscape. Under the banner Syria Always Beautiful, the video did not mention that the same beach, in the seaside...
Clinton-Trump tied! But here's why you should ignore the polls
Sep 26, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Politico today ran the headline: 6 weeks to go, Clinton and Trump are tied. If one believes the latest polls, then the election to decide the next US president is incredibly close. The New York Times poll...
Why military and market responses are no way to save species from extinction
Sep 26, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The arrival of climate change brings with it large-scale habitat loss and unprecedented species extinctions. The booming black and grey markets in already-threatened animals, including the rhino, elephant, and pangolin,...
To produce artisans for the future South Africa should study its past
Sep 26, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
South Africas government knows that artisans are essential to future growth and job creation. Thats what prompted the countrys Minister of Higher Education and Training to declare a decade of the artisan. The campaigns...
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