'Poisoning heredity': If we're not careful, epigenetics may bring back eugenic thinking

Mar 15, 2016 15:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Epigenetics, the study of how environmental factors and lifestyle choices influence our genes, has flourished to become one of the most groundbreaking areas of science over the past decade. Studies have shown that, among...

Migrant Crisis Series

Refugee crisis: Russian withdrawal from Syria won't let Europe off the hook

Mar 15, 2016 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The first Russian aircraft have already begun to leave Syria following Vladimir Putins troop withdrawal announcement. The ceasefire appears to be holding and parties are committed to fresh peace talks in Geneva. But will...

Indian inflation signals RBI's intervention which in turn drags 10Y bonds yields to 5-month lows

Mar 15, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Consumer prices in India increased 5.18% YoY in February of 2016, lower than 5.69% in January and below market expectations of 5.6%. Consumer inflation eased for the first time in seven months, reaching the lowest since...

Briferendum Series

Tongue-tied: Britain has forgotten how to speak to its European neighbours

Mar 15, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The decline in the number of students of modern languages from GCSE to degree level is an annual lament. Only 10,328 pupils in the UK took French at A Level in 2015 and although Spanish enjoyed a rise in entries at A Level...

A new way to detect tsunamis: cargo ships

Mar 15, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Racing across ocean basins at speeds over 500 miles per hour, tsunamis can wreak devastation along coastlines thousands of miles from their origin. Our modern tsunami detection networks reliably detect these events hours...

'Acceptable risk' is a better way to think about radiation exposure in Fukushima

Mar 15, 2016 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan experienced multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns as a consequence of an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami. The meltdowns resulted in the release of radioactivity into...

Inside the pages of the oldest comic in the world

Mar 15, 2016 11:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Heres a good pub quiz question: what was the worlds first comic? If youve no idea, dont feel too foolish. It wasnt even recognised by experts until a few years ago and is still debatable today. But long before Viz, The...