What’s behind Turkey’s tumbling currency?
By Emre Tarim Emre Tarim investigates what is behind Turkey’s tumbling economy. Global markets are on edge once again, this time thanks to the Turkish lira. It crashed more than 15% against the US dollar, euro and pound sterling on August 10 and continued to...
Is it safe to eat GMO foods?
By Devang Mehta Genomics expert Devang Mehta explores whether it is safe to eat genetically modified food. So far, all commercially available GMO crops, anywhere in the world, have been found to be substantially equivalent to their non-GM counterparts. This means that...
How does Trump’s trade war affect working-class Americans?
By Jeffrey Kucik Jeffrey Kucik looks into how Trump’s trade war could affect working-class Americans. President Donald Trump justifies tariffs on imports by arguing that “unfair trade policies” have harmed American workers. This has led to a trade war in which...
Is there such a thing as a just war? 🔊
When former US President Barack Obama articulated his plan to destroy Islamic State, he was invoking what is known in political philosophy circles as just war theory. However, at the same time, he alluded to the idea that a new conception of just war theory was...
Can we teach critical thinking in a post-truth world?
By Jess Berentson-Shaw In an extract from her new book “Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World,” Jess Berentson-Shaw discusses whether we can teach critical thinking in what many deem to be a post-truth world. ‘You don’t need to be a scientist to think...
Lord of the forest: Saving the Kauri tree from dieback
By Matthew Hall New Zealand’s most sacred tree is under threat from disease, but the response so far has been slow, as Matthew Hall explains. Tāne Mahuta is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest living being – but the 45m tall, 2,500-year-old kauri tree is under severe...
Q+A: Are our indigenous communities really free?
Last week saw the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, on August 9. Indigenous communities still struggle to maintain their autonomy in modern society. In various parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and the Americas, they are subjected to...
Killing orders: What are the facts of the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s long-standing denial? ▶
A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide its documentary evidence surrounding it. Denialists claimed that there was no central decision taken by Ottoman...
Facebook isn’t cool anymore: What killed it?
By Claudia Russell Facebook continues to make profits for the time being, largely due to an increase in users aged 55 and over. However, multiple sources predict that the end is nigh. Waking up and checking your Facebook feed is a morning routine now shared by...Subscribe by Email
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