Food security: we throw away a third of the food we grow – here's what to do about waste

Jan 26, 2017 15:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In the UK, roughly a third of the food grown in the field never actually makes into anybodys mouth. For every three pigs raised on a farm, the equivalent of one will ultimately be sent to landfill. A third of all apples,...

How careful human rights diplomacy is finally putting real pressure on North Korea

Jan 26, 2017 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views

As the world adjusts to the prospect of Donald Trump in the White House, renewed concerns over the handling of North Koreas nuclear threat are soon likely to emerge. If the last 12 months are any guide, 2017 is shaping up...

Welcome to the age of collective narcissism

Jan 26, 2017 14:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Consider slogans such as Make America great again, used by Donald Trump, or Take back control, used by the Brexit campaign. They suggest that in the US and the UK, the unique position of the nation has somehow been...

Can British universities make the most of May's new industrial strategy?

Jan 26, 2017 14:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The UK government has given universities something to sink their teeth into. Prime Minister Theresa Mays plan for a national industrial strategy offers the higher education sector an excellent opportunity to bring...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Why Scottish nationalists won't see Article 50 ruling as a defeat

Jan 26, 2017 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The UK Supreme Court ruling over the triggering of Article 50, the EU process that will make Brexit possible, was half a victory for the Scottish government and perhaps more than that. On the plus side, it means there...

Electric Vehicle Series

Five reasons why you might be driving electric sooner than you think

Jan 26, 2017 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

There is huge potential for using electric vehicles to tackle climate change, give us cleaner air and grow the green economy. The question is, when it will make sense for most of us to ditch diesel and petrol, and go...

Food security: how drought and rising prices led to conflict in Syria

Jan 26, 2017 14:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In 2015 the Welsh singer and activist Charlotte Church was widely ridiculed in the right-wing press and on social media for saying on BBC Question Time that climate change had played an important part in causing the...