Tech companies collect our data every day, but even the biggest datasets can't solve social issues

Jun 07, 2019 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart phones wake us up, to our watch tracking our morning run, every time we use public transport, every...

Dogs may reflect their owners' stress levels, finds research

Jun 07, 2019 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Stress is an unavoidable component of modern life. Many people worry about the effect of a stressful lifestyle on their long-term health, but how many of us think about how our lifestyle, and our own stress levels, affect...

What would happen to Congress if Washington, DC became the 51st state?

Jun 07, 2019 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

For years, the official motto of the District of Columbia has been Taxation without representation. The residents of Washington, D.C. do not have representation in the U.S. House or in the Senate. People who live in the...

African universities need structures to assess and measure the impact of grants

Jun 07, 2019 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Since Africas earliest modern public universities were established on the continent in the 1940s, these institutions have struggled to generate adequate and sustainable funding. For the most part, universities on the...

Employed but still poor: the state of low-wage working poverty in South Africa

Jun 07, 2019 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Paid employment is generally considered the predominant and most sustainable way of pulling people out of poverty. But the past two decades have seen a global rise in the complex phenomenon of the working poor. South...

Solar panels all over the Sahara desert? – Imagine newsletter #2

Jun 07, 2019 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

You may have seen a variant of this meme before. A map of North Africa is shown, with a surprisingly small box somewhere in Libya or Algeria shaded in. An area of the Sahara this size, the caption will say, could power the...

Does hitting the snooze button really help you feel better?

Jun 07, 2019 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

To sleep or to snooze? You probably know the answer, but you dont prefer it. Most of us probably use the snooze function on our alarm clocks at some point in our lives. Just a few more minutes under the covers, a time...