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By Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Aug 12, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 12, 2015 23:03
Today, about 2.1 billion people, or almost 30 per cent of the world’s population, are regarded as overweight (defined as a body mass index, ...
By Gus O’Donnell - Aug 10, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 10, 2015 23:04
In 1961, when the United States was faced with the threat of falling behind the Soviet Union in the space race, president John F. ...
By Christopher Engman - Aug 10, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 10, 2015 23:02
When it comes to crafting good digital policy, Europe has failed its first big test.In May, the European Commission announced that it would ...
By John Hewson - Aug 05, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 05, 2015 23:04
On a recent 14.5-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, I had time to read the columnist Charles Krauthammer’s collection of essays, Things ...
By Dilma Roussef - Aug 04, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 04, 2015 22:53
We are still one year away from it, but Brazil’s heart is already beating faster.The generous Brazilian heart leaps up when confronted with ...
By Zhao Minghao - Aug 02, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 02, 2015 23:03
As much of the world focuses on Greece’s travails, the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — have been working ...
By Jostein Eikeland - Aug 02, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 02, 2015 23:01
If we were able to capture and use the energy from just two minutes of sunlight falling on the Earth, it would be enough to fuel our cars, l ...
By Petros Sekeris - Jul 26, 2015 - Last updated at Jul 26, 2015 23:11
By now, the danger from climate change and other forms of environmental degradation is so evident that it seems crazy to ignore it.And yet, ...
By Tomoko Ohta - Jul 13, 2015 - Last updated at Jul 13, 2015 00:36
Recent breakthroughs in our understanding of molecular mechanisms have revolutionised many fields of biology, including cell biology and dev ...
By William Lambers - Jul 10, 2015 - Last updated at Jul 10, 2015 00:25
There is a silent crisis unfolding every day in Jordan and throughout the Middle East. ...

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