The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook
Apr 18, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...
Video games at work? It sounds fun, but there are ethical risks
Apr 18, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Gaming might be thought of as a fun and frivolous hobby. The video game industry generates huge amounts of money, but it does little to improve the world. However, recent developments are changing this view....
EU enlargement: What does the future hold?
Apr 18, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
To widen or to deepen. This has been one of the longstanding dilemmas throughout European Union (EU) history, and a perennial sticking point in the unending process of European integration. In its time, the UK...
‘They don’t have enough’ – schools in England are running food banks for families
Apr 18, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The peak of the cost-of-living crisis may have passed, but millions of families are struggling to buy enough food to feed their children. Experiencing food insecurity can be deeply damaging for children and negatively...
Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence
Apr 18, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Mexico has witnessed two high-profile public lynchings within the space of two weeks. In late March, a woman suspected of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Taxco, Guerrero, was lynched by an angry mob. Then, on April 9,...
Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea
Apr 18, 2024 06:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
A little over ten years after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Lampedusa, claiming the lives of 368 migrants, another boat has capsized in the same waters, around 50 km off the...
Modern pentathlon is invoking a fictional Pierre de Coubertin to justify its controversial politics
Apr 18, 2024 06:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) recently published two articles involving the long-dead founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin. In one article, Coubertin is quoted several times as a...
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