How corporate involvement in psychedelic research could threaten public safety
Apr 23, 2024 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the mid-20th century, psychedelics were deemed illegal substances with little medical purpose, a high potential for abuse and a lack of safety. However, emerging evidence suggests the opposite; a potential role for...
Apr 23, 2024 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Georgias ruling party attempted to pass a controversial bill on foreign agents in March 2023. The law would have required civil society groups and the media to register as being under foreign influence if they receive...
Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley’s new book is smart on what has gone wrong since the 1980s
Apr 23, 2024 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom is the latest book from the English economic and political journalist and rising progressive star Grace Blakeley. The 30-year-old describes...
Ukraine war: $60 billion in US military aid a major morale boost but no certain path to victory
Apr 23, 2024 08:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
It took months of delays and desperate pleas from Ukraine, but the US House of Representatives has finally passed a bill authorising US$60 billion (50 billion) worth of military aid to Ukraine. The bill is still subject...
Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will go ahead
Apr 23, 2024 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who...
The use of AI in war games could change military strategy
Apr 23, 2024 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The rise of commercially viable generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform a vast range of sectors. This transformation will be particularly profound in contemporary military...
What if the Reserve Bank itself has been feeding inflation? An economist explains
Apr 23, 2024 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Heres something for the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia to ponder as it meets next month to set interest rates. It has pushed up rates on 13 occasions since it began its attempt to restrain inflation in May...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight