The Independent's final edition summed up all that is powerful about newsprint
Mar 28, 2016 01:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
A strong investigative front-page story alleging that a UK-based Saudi dissident was connected with a plot to kill a Saudi king allowed the last print edition of The Independent to exit with the panache and impact with...
Why it makes little sense to regulate rainwater barrels in the dry western U.S.
Mar 26, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Many of us never think about who gets to use the drops of rain that fall from the sky. But its an increasingly pertinent question as more people look to collect rainwater as a way to conserve water, live off the grid or...
Cuba's sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw
Mar 26, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
President Obamas trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its economy and...
The other opioid crisis -- people in poor countries can't get the pain medication they need
Mar 26, 2016 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many countries but rising at an alarming rate in the United States. The other crisis is older and affects many more people...
Obama's Argentine trip helps heal old wounds – and lends Macri a hand
Mar 26, 2016 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Coming after his historic trip to Cuba, President Obamas visit to Argentina was meant to be an add-on, a show of US approval for recently elected President Marcelo Macri. But thanks to what may have been a mere scheduling...
Will voters' fear of terrorism propel Trump to the White House?
Mar 26, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The Islamic States bombing of an airport terminal and subway station in Brussels, Belgium on March 22 horrified the world. But Donald Trump saw a silver lining in the latest terrorist atrocity. During an interview a few...
Belgium has divided and decentralized itself almost out of existence
Mar 26, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Only days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, one of the Belgian-based organizers of the Paris attacks in November 2015, Brussels was rocked by two suicide attacks that killed more than 30 people and injured more than...
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