Range anxiety? Today's electric cars can cover vast majority of daily U.S. driving needs
Aug 16, 2016 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Electrifying transportation is one of the most promising ways to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, but so-called range anxiety concern about being stranded with an uncharged car battery remains a...
How work can lead to suicide in a globalised economy
Aug 16, 2016 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A Paris prosecutor recently called for the former CEO and six senior managers of telecoms provider, France Télécom, to face criminal charges for workplace harassment. The recommendation followed a lengthy...
Government will need to do more than share shale gas profits with the public to get UK fracking
Aug 16, 2016 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Britain is due to receive its first delivery of shale gas imported from the US, which will arrive at Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scotland next month. That the UK is importing a tanker-full of shale gas from the US...
As census failure blame points at IBM, why we shouldn't be surprised by its failings
Aug 16, 2016 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Politics
The Australian online census, which failed so spectacularly last week has still not succeeded in having enough people complete the process for it to be rescued from irrelevance. Fewer than half of Australias households...
Turkey's post-coup commitment to democracy offers chance to resolve Kurdish crisis
Aug 16, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Turkeys failed military coup last month rocked the foundations of its political system, yet in some ways the country has emerged stronger and more resilient. And thats precisely what Turkey needs to deal with one of its...
Are U.S. politics beyond a joke?
Aug 16, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
I really do respect the press, President Barack Obama joked at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in 2013, shortly after his second successful election campaign. I recognize that the press and I have...
Not easy being blue: Fatal shootings, job stress make it hard to be a cop
Aug 16, 2016 15:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Not many people in the United States can identify that their occupation includes an element of personal danger. This, however, is a component of the job description for police officers across the country. It is...
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