US Election Series

Poll trend to Labor continues; Trump, Cruz battle for Republican nomination

Mar 10, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

This weeks 50-50 Newspoll showed that last fortnights Newspoll was no fluke, and we also now have a 50-50 from Essential. Morgan is at 53-47 to the Coalition, but Labors primary vote of only 29.5% in Morgan seems far too...

Should academics be policy-relevant realists or cosmopolitan idealists?

Mar 09, 2016 22:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

One of Oscar Wildes more memorable and inspiring aphorisms claimed that a map of the world without utopia on it is not worth looking at. While many of us might agree with the sentiment, the theory let alone the practice ...

Is access to our phones a step toward the police wanting access to our minds?

Mar 09, 2016 22:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

We use our smartphones so much these days, it almost feels like they have become extensions of ourselves, boosting our capacity to calculate and remember. What might come of this closer union of human and technological...

Revealed: how we're rebranding poor people as entrepreneurs

Mar 09, 2016 22:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The last several decades have seen a steady increase in the profile and celebration of entrepreneurship in the UK. It is associated with economic development, growth and making a positive contribution to the country. There...

Why are sports car manufacturers moving to Wales?

Mar 09, 2016 22:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Most British journalists with an interest in cars and the car industry live in and around London, where the majority of the sectors publishers are to be found. Yet vehicles are often pictured carving a dynamic arc...

Media giants need advertising scale in a world drowning in content

Mar 09, 2016 22:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

The divide between editorial and commercial, church and state in publishing traditions, is now a millstone for the industry. That old-school separation used to mitigate in favour of strong, independent journalism. But...

Climate Change Series

Global food production threatens to overwhelm efforts to combat climate change

Mar 09, 2016 22:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Each year our terrestrial biosphere absorbs about a quarter of all the carbon dioxide emissions that humans produce. This a very good thing; it helps to moderate the warming produced by human activities such as burning...