Diamonds are forever – whether made in a lab or mined from the earth

Dec 16, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Its diamond season. Almost 40 percent of American engagements happen between Thanksgiving and Valentines Day, with Christmas the most popular day to pop the question and hand over a sparkly piece of ice. Jewelry stores do...

Don't worry about screen time – focus on how you use technology

Dec 16, 2018 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Many Americans find themselves bombarded by expert advice to limit their screen time and break their addictions to digital devices including enforcing and modeling this restraint for the children in their lives. However,...

Teachers don't understand the depth of dyslexia

Dec 16, 2018 13:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that most of us know for causing problems with writing, reading and spelling. But it is more than this, and can affect people in many different ways. It is generally accepted...

The next great leap forward? Combining robots with the Internet of Things

Dec 16, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The Internet of Things is a popular vision of objects with internet connections sending information back and forth to make our lives easier and more comfortable. Its emerging in our homes, through everything from...

Why Brexit is causing turmoil for the pound and other markets

Dec 16, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Uncertainty over what is happening with Brexit caused the pound to take another significant dive on December 10. It was the day before MPs were due to vote on the proposed Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU. The...

Emission targets: If there's a (political) will, there's a way

Dec 16, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

It seems like a day doesnt pass without the release of yet another study that shows human actions will inevitably increase the Earths average temperature past a tipping point that will lead to runaway climate...

Why politics shouldn't influence how much we pay judges

Dec 16, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Have you ever wondered who determines the salaries and benefits paid to judges, and on what basis they decide? Until I was asked by the Canadian Provincial Court Judges Association, an independent federation of provincial...