Jun 04, 2019 05:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
Credit used to be straightforward. A company that let you own something and pay for it over time was called a credit provider. It might be a bank, a department store or a credit-card company. Now there are buy now, pay...
Painstaking veterinary forensics work helps combat animal abuse
Jun 04, 2019 05:01 am UTC| Law
Many people have seen dramatizations of forensics on shows likes Bones and CSI. Forensics is the application of scientific principles and methods to criminal investigations at crimes scenes and in labs. In real life,...
Doping soldiers so they fight better – is it ethical?
May 27, 2019 09:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The military is constantly using technology to build better ships, warplanes, guns and armor. Shouldnt it also use drugs to build better soldiers? Soldiers have long taken drugs to help them fight. Amphetamines like...
Is throwing a milkshake an act of political violence? What political theory tells us
May 27, 2019 09:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
That the word violence is a powerful piece of political rhetoric has been brought home by the welter of opinion pieces, editorials and tweets that have emerged about a recent spate of milkshakings in which prominent...
Recycling: poorer countries can now refuse plastic waste imports – this could make the system fairer
May 27, 2019 09:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The world generated 242 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016 a figure thats expected to grow by 70% in the next 30 years. But this same plastic is also a commodity thats sold and traded in a global industry that...
Assange’s new indictment: Espionage and the First Amendment
May 27, 2019 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with a slew of Espionage Act violations that could keep him in prison for the rest of his life. The new indictment expands...
The Constitution dictates that impeachment must not be partisan
May 25, 2019 06:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Barely two decades since the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the people of the United States again are confronting the possibility that their president, now Donald Trump, could be impeached, meaning charged by the House of...
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