Why we should learn to love all insects – not just the ones that work for us
Jan 12, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Insects, which include more than a million described species, represent roughly two-thirds of the biodiversity on Earth. But they have a big PR problem many think of insects as little more than crop-eating,...
Why is Sweden tightening its borders after years of welcoming migrants?
Jan 12, 2016 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Swedens decision to introduce identity checks on all incoming traffic from Denmark represents a significant step away from what was, until recently, among the most generous refugee policies in Europe. Since January 4,...
How China's Huawei is taking on Samsung and Apple
Jan 12, 2016 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei posted an eye-popping 70% growth in 2015. It is now beating HTC and Sony when it comes to market share in Europe and is third only to Apple and Samsung when it come to global smartphone...
SEK 2016 - What could trigger Riksbank's action?
Jan 12, 2016 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Riksbanks executive board on January 4th came up with the extraordinary move to allow its governor Mr Ingves and his first deputy governor, Kerstin af Jochnick to intervene in foreign exchange markets at any time. This is...
How universities can avoid plagiarism: foster students to write better
Jan 12, 2016 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
As universities get better at detecting plagiarism, students are having to find new ways to avoid getting caught. I have recently had quite a few students asking to see their reports from Turnitin a plagiarism...
What is the right response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test?
Jan 12, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
The emerging consensus among technical experts is that North Korea did not conduct a successful hydrogen bomb test last week. The seismic activity that international monitoring stations detected on Jan. 5 was too small to...
Can schools punish students for off-campus, online speech?
Jan 12, 2016 11:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In January 2014, Reid Sagehorn, a student at Rogers High School in Minnesota, jokingly tweeted actually yeah in response to a question about whether he had made out with one of his high school teachers. The public...
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