Jan 24, 2020 09:02 am UTC| Politics
Melania Trump and Donald Trump should have celebrated their 15th year wedding anniversary on Jan. 22 but it appears that both of them did not even mention the occasion. The public wonder why the First Couple did not mark...
Neurotic people more likely to complain about the welfare state
Jan 24, 2020 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The famous big five personality traits neuroticism, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness and extroversion have been a trusted workhorse in psychology for many decades. This is not surprising: they capture the...
Why we need strong ethical standards for ministers – and better ways of enforcing them
Jan 24, 2020 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked the head of his department to investigate whether Bridget McKenzie violated ministerial standards when she dispensed sports grants to clubs in marginal seats and those being targeted...
Jan 24, 2020 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We rely on the news media to help us understand the world. But news media does not provide unbiased windows. This bias has been shown to be a problem for Indigenous Peoples around the world. For example, Brad Clark of...
Corruption in South Africa: echoes of leaders who plundered their countries
Jan 24, 2020 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
One of the shameful achievements of the African National Congress (ANC) in its 25 years of governing post-apartheid South Africa is that its living up to the political stereotype of what is wrong with post-colonial Africa ...
The civil service doesn't just need more scientists – it needs a decision-making revolution
Jan 24, 2020 05:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The UK governments chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, recently said he was mounting a drive to recruit more scientists and engineers into the civil service. His comments echo the much-discussed call by the...
How political party data collection may turn off voters
Jan 24, 2020 05:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The data collection practices used by political parties could pose a threat to voters engagement in the democratic process and could have negative implications for Canadian democracy. British Columbias Privacy...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects