US Election Series

Do American voters really have a say on election day?

Oct 31, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Despite popular opinion, American voters on Election Day are not voting for the president. They are merely indicating a preference for whom they would like to see become president. Voters are in fact, voting for...

Why eyewitnesses give false evidence – and how we can stop them

Oct 30, 2016 23:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In October 2004, a rumour of a gang fight circulated on an east London estate and a large crowd of around 50 young people gathered to take part. During the melee, one youth received a fatal blow from a sharp object and the...

Migrant Crisis Series

Migrants travel to the UK for a new life – but it's not always a healthier one

Oct 30, 2016 23:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views

As the Calais refugee camp is closed by French authorities, many of the migrants who have been living there will be looking to finally travel to the UK. While there has been much discussion of the political matters...

Magma power: how superheated molten rock could provide renewable energy

Oct 30, 2016 23:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Iceland is about to tap into water as hot as lava. Several kilometres below ground, a drilling rig named Thor will soon penetrate the area around a magma chamber, where molten rock from the inner Earth heats up water that...

Global Geopolitics Series

The spectre of a hard border is not just an Irish problem, it looms across Europe

Oct 30, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The future of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit is proving to be a complex political problem. As negotiators aim to avoid a new hard border between the two jurisdictions, their...

Global Geopolitics Series

Obama's Nobel-winning vision of 'world without nuclear weapons' is still distant

Oct 30, 2016 23:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Even now, Barack Obama is being hailed as a transformer for the vision of a world without nuclear weapons he articulated during his first year in office. The 44th US president has left an indelible mark on the nuclear...

Electric Vehicle Series

Are priority measures for electric cars really a good idea?

Oct 30, 2016 21:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

With as many as 40,000 premature deaths linked to air pollution each year, five UK cities are considering a novel approach to reduce emissions. Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Derby and Southampton may adopt clean air...