Mid-high school certificate is a game changer for South Africa

Dec 01, 2019 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Every year, more than 300,000 pupils drop out of South African schools after Grade 9. The average age at this level of schooling is 15 years old. Some of them arent academically prepared to progress to the next grade; some...

Are 'vaping' and 'e-cigarettes' the same, and should all these products be avoided?

Dec 01, 2019 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

As concerns over vaping continue to grow, researchers and public health officials are investigating the causes of more than 40 deaths and 2,000 illnesses. Its confusing even for experts. The term e-cigarette refers to a...

How many voters really switch parties in British elections? What the evidence tells us

Dec 01, 2019 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

With the 2019 election campaign in full swing, there is little evidence in the polls that things are changing. The overall picture shows both the Conservatives and Labour are both gaining support but the Conservatives...

Why ageing should be classified as a disease

Dec 01, 2019 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, doctors and philosophers have argued whether ageing is a disease or a natural process. Many authors of the Hippocratic Corpus argued that growing old invariably leads to frailty,...

5 ways Trump and his supporters are using the same strategies as science deniers

Dec 01, 2019 03:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

While watching the House impeachment hearings, I realized my two decades of research into why people ignore, reject or deny science had a political parallel. From anti-evolutionists to anti-vaccine advocates, known as...

You can join the effort to expose Twitter bots

Dec 01, 2019 03:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, more than 10,000 automated Twitter accounts got caught conducting a coordinated campaign of tweets to discourage people from voting. These automated accounts may seem authentic...

What the Trump administration gets right about hospital price transparency

Dec 01, 2019 03:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

New federal regulations finalized Nov. 15 require hospitals to make public all the prices they negotiate with insurers and health plans, starting in 2021. The aim is to untangle the hospital marketplace with a wave of...