Media freedom has come a long way in Africa, but it's still precarious
Apr 29, 2016 10:29 am UTC| Insights & Views
Reporters Without Borders latest World Press Freedom Index shows two interesting things. Namibia, ranked number 17, has the most improved press freedom environment in the world. And Africa, with the exception of North...
Forcing all schools to turn into academies is not education's biggest problem
Apr 29, 2016 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Nicky Morgan faced a grilling from MPs on the House of Commons Education Select Committee on April 27 to answer questions some positive and intended to be helpful and some hostile about the governments recent education...
Shot or poisoned? Does the choice of Trump or Cruz really matter?
Apr 29, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When asked to choose between the candidacies of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, remarked, Its like being shot or poisoned. What does it really matter? But, in...
To fight Zika, let's genetically modify mosquitoes – the old-fashioned way
Apr 29, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The near panic caused by the rapid spread of the Zika virus has brought new urgency to the question of how best to control mosquitoes that transmit human diseases. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes bite people across the globe,...
Having trouble picking the right health insurance plan? Let an algorithm decide
Apr 29, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law Health
One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more choice over their insurer. Economic theory suggests that when consumers make informed and active choices in a...
Patchy laws leave corporate whistleblowers vulnerable
Apr 29, 2016 10:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the current controversies over corporate culture, corruption and whether Australia needs a royal commission into banking, there is a huge common thread: the gap in laws that protect whistleblowers in Australias private...
How high-speed wireless compares to cable in boosting our internet speeds
Apr 29, 2016 10:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Australias national broadband network continues its roll out with more than 900,000 premises now connected, according to NBN Cos latest weekly progress report. But Google recently announced the development of high-speed...
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