Europe eyes new silk road to Iran – and squares up to Russia and China
May 09, 2016 12:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The cake is quite big, but everyone wants a slice. Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, visited Iran last month accompanied by business leaders from the energy, transportation and defence sectors. It was a return visit...
What forensic science can teach people about healthy scepticism
May 09, 2016 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Scepticism has a bad reputation. Sceptics are considered to be a grumpy bunch who automatically distrust anything and everything. But as any forensic scientist can tell you, its a very valuable approach to everyday...
The Philippines: former sick man of Asia suffers relapse
May 09, 2016 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Just when you might have thought the Philippines was on the mend, morbid symptoms of untreated problems re-emerge. It really shouldnt be this way. It may seem hard to believe in retrospect, but in the aftermath of the...
The greatest taboo? What The Bible says about incest
May 09, 2016 12:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Incest sparks strong emotions and today, in many cultures at least, they are largely negative. But has it always been thus? Or is the taboo peculiar to certain times and places? Incest taboos are often said to be...
FxWirePro: Leverage benefits in “GBP/AUD speculative strategy CCS” amid BoE vs RBA policy divergence
May 09, 2016 12:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The RBA surprised by cutting in May, which suggests another cut to 1.5%, probably in August. We expect the BoEs bank rate is likely to be unchanged in this weeks monetary policy, as is the split of the vote. We think...
Can the oil and gas boom teach us how to fix drug problems in America?
May 09, 2016 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Perhaps youve heard of the heavy energy footprint of indoor marijuana farms. But this is just one of a number of surprising and important connections between the energy and drug industries. Most important, both...
Does Britain get its way at the European top table?
May 09, 2016 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
The UK has never been on the winning side when we have challenged the commission in a vote in the council. Chris Grayling, leader of the House of Commons and Vote Leave campaigner, in a speech on March 10. Chris...
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