Why India’s plan to fight climate change doesn't hold water
Dec 09, 2015 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
As the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally, the pressure is on India to offer something meaningful at the Paris climate talks. Yet the country demands the right to develop and lift its population out of...
Explainer: where is 'the cloud' ... and who owns it?
Dec 08, 2015 20:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Why invest in purchasing, housing and maintaining a set of computers when you can outsource all that worry to someone else? This has been the oft-used marketing slogan of cloud computing. And it works. It is much easier to...
Dec 08, 2015 20:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
More than 40,000 people were forced to leave their homes after Storm Desmond caused devastating floods and wreaked havoc in north-west England. Initial indications were that the storm may have caused the heaviest local...
GM crops can benefit organic farmers too
Dec 08, 2015 20:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Have you eaten organic food today? If you have eaten anything, then technically youve eaten organic. By definition, all food is organic, it just may not have been grown under industry standards, such as Australian...
There's tax cuts and there's tax cuts: getting big business to innovate
Dec 08, 2015 20:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The major big business lobby groups have largely welcomed this weeks innovation statement, getting behind its support for entrepreneurs. One wonders why they care since it is primarily focused on research institutes and...
What the David and Goliath story teaches business about getting ahead
Dec 08, 2015 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the famous Bible story, the young boy David beat Goliath by using a strategy Goliath wasnt expecting. Instead of fighting the giant in the conventional way with armour and sword he used slingshot and stones to fell...
Farmers would do better to understand the land than grow GM crops
Dec 08, 2015 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Suppose your relationship is falling apart and you want to save it. To find the best counsellor, you might search online or ask your friends. Its no different in agriculture. The rational response to any food or farming...
Small businesses can help South Africa fight unemployment if they get proper support – study
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