How better information will reduce maternal and child deaths

Dec 01, 2019 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

At least two-thirds of all annual maternal and child deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent improvements, significant inequities persist across countries and regions and within countries. An...

The city of Akure is developing fast. But citizens aren't having their say

Dec 01, 2019 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Akure, the medium-sized capital of Ondo State in Southwest Nigeria, has seen its population increase by more than 54% in 13 years. Akures population growth is explained by two factors. Ondo State is a part of the Niger...

Liberal Democrats: New leadership but the same old problems remain

Dec 01, 2019 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

As Jo Swinson took to the stage in a TV studio in Sheffield for the leaders Question Time event, she probably knew that her party faced the all too familiar electoral challenges that had bedevilled her predecessors for...

Are 'dog years' for real? The maths behind calculating canine age explained

Dec 01, 2019 03:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

If your dog has been alive and kicking its paws about for a decade, the widely held belief is that it has aged as much a human would have done by the grand old age of 70. This conversion factor each year of a dogs life...

Energy expert: here's where Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn's climate pledges leave the planet

Dec 01, 2019 03:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The 2019 UK general election may be defined by Brexit, but the climate crisis has never loomed larger in the minds of voters. And the countrys two largest parties offer very different visions on how to address...

Jonathan Miller: man with two brains who straddled the worlds of arts and science

Dec 01, 2019 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Pretty much all the tributes to Jonathan Miller, who has died aged 85, end up using the term Renaissance Man at some point. Miller had a mastery of arts and science that few achieve he was, at various points, a doctor, an...

Black Friday in Britain: where it all went wrong

Dec 01, 2019 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

This year has been challenging for retailers, to put it mildly. According to the British Retail Consortium, sales were down 1.3% year on year in September, the most recent month available, and the worst since the...