A new strategy for drought-stressed cities: graywater recycling
Mar 30, 2016 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Many regions of the United States are struggling with water shortages. Large areas of the West are contending with moderate to severe drought, while California is now in the fifth year of one of the most extreme droughts...
How the Supreme Court made economic inequality a whole lot worse
Mar 30, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Economic inequality is now firmly on the public agenda as candidates and voters alike look for someone to blame for stagnant wages, entrenched poverty and a widening gap between rich and poor. Bernie Sanders blames Wall...
Tuberculosis kills thousands of people every day – we aren't doing enough to stop it
Mar 30, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views
But hasnt TB been eradicated?, my seatmate on a recent flight to South Africa asked me. This question crops up pretty frequently when I tell people what I do for a living. I research the development of diagnostic tests for...
Is Belgium's nuclear security up to scratch?
Mar 30, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Belgiums counter-terrorism efforts are once again being called into question following the recent tragedies in Brussels. The attacks were carried out against soft targets the public check-in area of Brussels Airport and...
Mar 30, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The public park targeted in the recent suicide bombing in Lahore was popular with families. It is one of the largest green spaces in the city; a place where middle- and working-class Pakistanis go to picnic, exercise, and...
Why being bold all comes down to evolution
Mar 30, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Chevalier Blondin was 35 years old when in 1859, with no safety harness and no net beneath him, he first tightrope-walked nearly half a kilometre across the Niagara Gorge. At different times over the coming years, he would...
Why New York rent controls won't work in London
Mar 30, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Unaffordable rents have put New York Citys fabled diversity and creativity at risk. They have forced artists, small businesses and lower-income households out of the central areas, leaving them a monocultural wasteland of...
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