Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle
Feb 28, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
As uncertainty over the Brexit effect continues, every line of business seems to have its own brand of questions about the future. And maybe it was a coincidence that shortly after the end of that driest of months,...
Kerala was a beacon of hope for India on gender issues, but things are changing for the worse
Feb 28, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The alleged abduction and assault of a well-known actress in the southern Indian state of Kerala has caused outrage among activists who say the case highlights the dangers faced by all women in India and a lack of justice...
Tourist trap: how news of terrorism skews our holiday choices
Feb 28, 2017 06:43 am UTC| Life
Terrorist attacks are designed to intimidate and change behaviour. It should be no surprise then that we allow fear to be a great motivator when we plan trips abroad. News of an attack is a vivid factor as we decide where...
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
Feb 25, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
On a Tuesday morning in September 2001, the American experience with terrorism was fundamentally altered. Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six people were murdered in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Thousands...
What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are
Feb 25, 2017 12:58 pm UTC| Life
Its always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia? How concerned about this are you as you go swimming? How concerned...
Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
Feb 23, 2017 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
More than 90% of business students in a study on corporate social responsibility said they would be willing to sacrifice some percentage of their future salary to work for a responsible employer. A surprising number of 14%...
A horrific accusation against police reignites anger in Paris suburbs
Feb 22, 2017 09:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Protests have broken out in Pariss economically-deprived outskirts (the banlieues) in recent weeks, some of which have degenerated into riots. The unrest was sparked by a shocking case of alleged police brutality in...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects