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The World Health Organisation says the number of cancer cases will rise by 70% over the next 20 years. A huge amount of effort and money is spent fighting the disease. But are we getting that fight r…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?
When President Obama wept at a recent press conference to announce action on gun control, his tears might have been born of frustration as well as sadness. Despite frequent mass-shootings, events whi…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
What is China Doing to Clear the Air?
The air in much of China is so bad the government has repeatedly declared "war" on it. The enemy are tiny particulates which spew forth from countless cars, coal-fired power stations and steel plants…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Do We Have Enough Genders?
Gender identity is considered more fluid than ever because of the success of the trans movement. But most trans people, just like everyone else, still identify as either a man or a women. For those w…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
How Much Inequality Is Too Much?
The richest 10% of Americans earn half of all of income. In Britain, the top 10% hold 40% of all the income. Inequality is not just an issue for rich countries. A billion people have been lifted out …
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Should We Solar Panel The Sahara?
The world has a problem. The climate is changing. At least, most people think so. That’s why global leaders have been meeting in Paris to work out a way to deal with the problem. They blame carbon di…
Published on 10 years ago
How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in the next 35 years. Nigeria, the fastest-growing nation, is expected to become the third-largest country in the world by 2050…
Published on 10 years ago
Is Saudi To Blame For ‘IS’?
Many claim that ‘Islamic State’ is the ideological offspring of Saudi Arabia; that the strict form of Islam originating in the Kingdom - and the Saudi state's aggressive promotion of it around the wo…
Published on 10 years ago
Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?
Imagine waking up one morning to the sound of a helicopter overhead. You look out and see that packages are being dropped in front of the homes of everyone on your street. You race downstairs, and te…
Published on 10 years ago
How Do Cartels Get Drugs into the US?
In November the US Drug Enforcement Administration issued its Drug Threat Assessment. Mexican ‘transnational criminal organisations’, it said, are the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine, methamphet…
Published on 10 years ago