Are drones really dangerous to airplanes?
Apr 10, 2016 00:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Imagine boarding a plane. Economy class. Theres a kid behind you kicking the seat. You put on headphones and try to tune out the world. Immediately after takeoff, you feel a thud and hear an explosion over the sound of...
Friday essay: Fury Road, The Force Awakens and the 'real' vs digital effects furphy
Apr 10, 2016 00:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
There has been a lot of talk recently about the superior results achieved with real effects and stunts in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Both films have cleverly traded on audience...
The next Cold War has already begun – in cyberspace
Apr 10, 2016 00:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The world is fighting a hidden war thanks to a massive shift in the technologies countries can use to attack each other. Much like the Cold War, the conflict is being fought indirectly rather than through open declarations...
Explainer: how the EU proposes to change its asylum laws
Apr 10, 2016 00:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
The European Unions response to the migration crisis that began in 2015 has had two distinct phases. While there was initial support for humanitarian solutions to the increasing number of people claiming asylum, hope for a...
The most American pop culture phenomenon of them all
Apr 10, 2016 00:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
American Idol was born exactly nine months after 9/11. The timing was significant, because since its premiere on June 11, 2002, the show has become an integral part of the countrys coping strategy a kind of guidebook for...
Flawed GST system skews state transport projects
Apr 10, 2016 00:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Commitments by the Commonwealth Government to fund transport infrastructure in the states are invariably announced with fanfare, as state transport ministers celebrate the triumph of securing federal money for their...
How blockchain could be used to make trusts more transparent
Apr 08, 2016 16:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency Law
Amid the outcry over David Camerons tax affairs is the UK prime ministers intervention in 2013 to block EU transparency rules regarding offshore trusts. It was decided that trusts should not be held to the same standards...
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