'Anumeric' people: What happens when a language has no words for numbers?
Apr 26, 2017 08:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Numbers do not exist in all cultures. There are numberless hunter-gatherers embedded deep in Amazonia, living along branches of the worlds largest river tree. Instead of using words for precise quantities, these people...
Five tips to get the most out of your workday
Apr 22, 2017 01:58 am UTC| Life
Getting a lot done each day is about more than just having the right productivity tools and setup. Its about taking care of your body and mind, and this starts even outside of the workplace. We all need strategies for...
Who are the Coptic Christians?
Apr 18, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
On Palm Sunday, April 9, the Islamic State targeted two Coptic churches in coordinated bombings in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria. The explosions killed dozens of Egyptians and injured many more in the worst...
How to embrace urban living, but avoid an apocalypse
Apr 14, 2017 02:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Cities we are repeatedly told are the future. Governments and global corporations seek to increase productivity by accelerating urban growth, while more and more citizens migrate to cities, in search of a better life....
Under the hoods: the brotherhoods (and sisterhoods) of Spain's Holy Week
Apr 14, 2017 02:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Spain is different!. Napoleon took this view after his defeat by Spanish guerrilla warfare tactics. Generalissimo Francos government later made use of this slogan to promote Spains unique appeal to international tourists....
Why you may be paying more income tax than you should
Apr 14, 2017 01:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Investing
Springtime brings many things, from proverbial showers to birds chirping and warmer weather. It also signals tax season is upon us once more. Every year 140 million U.S. taxpayers spend countless hours gathering...
How much power can an image actually wield?
Apr 14, 2017 01:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Conventional wisdom maintains that images hold power to sway public opinion, to move us to action and to ultimately change history. In early April, gut-wrenching images seem to have once again awakened the world to the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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