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The perils of planned extinctions
By Claire Hope Cummings - Nov 03, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 03, 2016 22:23
A cynical move is under way to promote a new, powerful and troubling technology known as “gene drives” for use in conservation.This is ...
How trees make cities healthier
By Pascal Mittermaier - Nov 02, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 02, 2016 22:24
Last May, I had the dubious fortune of visiting Mumbai, India, during the city’s hottest month on record.Temperatures remained at over 40°C ...
The rule of law and economic development
By Ghazi Odat - Nov 01, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 01, 2016 22:23
There can be no economic growth, sustainable development, or poverty, hunger or unemployment eradication in an environment lacking the rule ...
Impunity endangers one’s right to know
By Frank La Rue - Nov 01, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 01, 2016 22:23
Over the past decade, more than 800 journalists have been killed in the line of duty, and only 8 per cent of these cases have been resolved. ...
On the cusp of an AI revolution
By Marc Benioff - Oct 30, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 30, 2016 22:22
Over the last 30 years, consumers have reaped the benefits of dramatic technological advances.In many countries, most people now have in the ...
Killing non-communicable diseases
By Steve Davis - Oct 29, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 29, 2016 22:27
Over the last 25 years, thanks partly to a coordinated global effort to fight infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis (TB), HIV ...
The concept of the rule of law
By Ghazi Al-Odat - Oct 24, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 24, 2016 22:25
The rule of law is a multidisciplinary, complex concept that involves various aspects of daily life and legal rights, from contracts and dis ...
To avoid creating another Daesh
By Musa Keilani - Oct 22, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 22, 2016 22:58
The battle for Mosul will take about four months, according to American military strategists.For many Jordanians, a matter of great concern ...
‘For good management of resources in poor countries’
By Luay Shabaneh, Julitta Onabanjo and Mabingue Ngom - Oct 22, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 22, 2016 22:58
Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland.Almost 6,400 kilometres away, her age-mate ...
The Sixth Discussion Paper from a gender perspective
By Wafa Khadra and Nermeen Murad - Oct 22, 2016 - Last updated at Oct 22, 2016 22:57
The sixth discussion paper proposed by His Majesty King Abdullah to lay the foundation for the rule of law and civil state opened a much-nee ...

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