How playing video games can change your retirement

Apr 14, 2016 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready for retirement, but many of them have never stopped playing video games. In fact, it doesnt look like they...

Ukraine: a counter revolution could be under way in Kiev

Apr 14, 2016 16:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraines unruly parliament, voted on April 14 to accept the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the Peoples Front party. The prime minister, who has been in post since the Euromaidan uprising in...

Britain's part in the 'drone war' in Yemen urgently needs explaining

Apr 14, 2016 16:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, more commonly known as drones, have become the most talked-about weapon of 21st-century warfare and whether used for surveillance or strikes, semi-secret drone programmes are an endless source of...

Five years after Gaddafi's fall, is Libya any closer to political stability?

Apr 14, 2016 15:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views

After five years of violence and political instability, Libya may be on the verge of forming a stable government, after the self-declared administration in Tripoli stepped down in favour of the UN-backed unity government....

How the wisdom of crowds could solve the mystery of Shakespeare's 'lost plays'

Apr 14, 2016 15:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Are the many wiser than the few? Are the masses cleverer than the expert? This is a question which has in recent years attracted an explosion of interest, perhaps most famously popularised by James Surowieckis 2004 book,...

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'Helicopter money' – why economists are now thinking the unthinkable

Apr 14, 2016 15:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

For the 85th month in a row, the Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at a low of 0.5%. Along with the European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve, it remains wedded to the idea that low interest rates,...

Led Zeppelin, plagiarism, and why we should be worried about the future of music

Apr 14, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Entertainment

Led Zeppelins Robert Plant and Jimmy Page will soon face a jury trial in order to determine whether they copied the opening chords for their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from the song Taurus, recorded by the...