Spain steels itself for another election after months with no government

Jun 22, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

At Spains most recent general election in December 2015, the electorate voted overwhelmingly for change yet the results produced the most fragmented parliament since 1977. No party secured a majority, and none has since...

Rewriting their fate: how the world’s 'invisible' widows are fighting prejudice

Jun 22, 2016 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Suzy Solley, PhD Candidate, Queen Mary University of London Imagine that you have just lost your husband. Your husbands family take you to the local river, take out your nose ring (given to you in marriage), wash off...

US Election Series

Will Donald Trump's call to profile Muslims offend voters?

Jun 22, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After the horrific mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando on June 12, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump reiterated his concern that Muslim immigrants in the U.S. could be a security...

Buying and selling hacked passwords: How does it work?

Jun 22, 2016 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law

Data breaches are a regular part of the cyberthreat landscape. They generate a great deal of media attention, both because the quantity of information stolen is often large, and because so much of it is data people would...

Nanotechnology could make our food tastier and healthier – but can we stomach it?

Jun 22, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Every mouthful of food we eat is teeming with chemical reactions. Adding ingredients and cooking helps us control these reactions and makes the food taste better and last longer. So what if we could target food at the...

Briferendum Series

If Scotland blocks England from Brexit, what happens next?

Jun 22, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Scottish voters dont regard the EU referendum with the same importance as the independence vote of 2014. No one is suggesting Scottish turnout will be anywhere near the 85% of that poll more likely 20 points below. Yet...

Briferendum Series

Game theory offers a better way forward in Britain's EU drama

Jun 22, 2016 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The way that the EU referendum campaigns both for and against British membership of the bloc have been handled has been redolent of game playing. As an academic who studies game theory, a number of parallels are evident....