Libraries aren't 'dead in the water' – even if some have given up

Mar 30, 2016 15:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Having spent 15 years researching public libraries and trying to emphasise their contribution to education and society as a whole, you might expect that Id be delighted at the good news that our public libraries are...

US Election Series

How Anonymous hacked Donald Trump

Mar 30, 2016 15:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

When Anonymous declared total war on Donald Trump in early March, the hacktivist group set a countdown clock, calling on everyone to target Trump websites on April 1. But that may not have been its real...

COVID Virus Crisis

Ebola and Zika epidemics are driven by pathologies of society, not just a virus

Mar 30, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The global health threats posed by recent viral epidemics, such as avian flu, H1N1, Ebola and Zika, have been happening too frequently to be dismissed as coincidental. Unless the global public health community invests...

FxWirePro: What do USD risk reversals say after dovish FOMC

Mar 30, 2016 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views

A dovish Fed is precipitating the fall in the USD despite the Fed hasnt cancelled its tightening cycle but maintained dovish tone. The Fed cut its rate projections substantially again this week, again undermining the...

From virtual reality to noise control: how to manipulate the senses to relieve pain

Mar 30, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The next time you habitually search your bathroom cabinet for some pain medication, you may want to consider playing a video game first. Research has shown that psychology plays an important part in how we experience both...

What can fish mouths teach us about engineering clog-free filters?

Mar 30, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Filter-feeding fish accomplish a feat that human technologies cannot: species including goldfish, menhaden and basking sharks filter tiny algal cells or shrimp-like prey from huge volumes of water without clogging their...

The FBI drops its case against Apple that only made everyone's security worse

Mar 30, 2016 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The FBI has succeeded in hacking into an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without Apples help. As a consequence, the FBI has dropped its legal case that was trying to force Apple to do what has...