Does choice overload you? It depends on your personality – take the test

Oct 20, 2019 10:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

When you wander down most supermarket aisles are you befuddled by too much choice? Do you feel overwhelmed when comparing new phone deals, insurance offers, energy provider plans? Theres a lot of research in consumer...

Thoughts and prayers: miracles, Christianity and praying for rain

Oct 20, 2019 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In a speech in Albury last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told his audience that he was praying for rain in drought-affected areas. I pray for that rain everywhere else around the country, he continued. And I do...

How hedge funds profit when big companies like Thomas Cook fail

Oct 20, 2019 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

In September 2019, the 178-year-old global tour operator Thomas Cook ceased trading with immediate effect. The collateral damage associated with the liquidation was considerable: more than 20,000 employees without work, an...

A centrist political alliance in South Africa? Yes, but hard to get

Oct 20, 2019 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Is there the possibility that political centrists in South Africas governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), and its main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), could merge? The question arises...

How much do you need to retire? £10,200 a year at a minimum

Oct 20, 2019 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Retirement is changing. Following more than a century of increases in life expectancy, one in every five people in the UK is 65 years and over. This ageing population presents some big challenges, not least when it comes...

How Asia transformed from the poorest continent in the world into a global economic powerhouse

Oct 20, 2019 10:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

In 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the worlds population and more than one-half of global income. The subsequent decline of Asia was attributed to its integration with a world economy shaped by colonialism and...

Three reasons you have neck pain – and why 'bad posture' probably isn't one of them

Oct 20, 2019 10:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

If you suffer from neck pain, youre not alone. Spinal pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and its occurrence has increased dramatically over the past 25 years. While most episodes of neck pain are...