Nature & Environment
Stories of Change
Video interviews capturing the thinking of key players in the climate change and energy debates at a critical time.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Discover Mercury: Volcanism, faults and hollows
What do we already know - or think we know - about the geology of Mercury?... Transcript
Health, Sports & Psychology
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
...system we enjoy in the UK. Our NHS relies on bureaucratic conformity to the small print. However, listening to the arguments about red tape makes it seems that it is a recent innovation. This is far from the truth. Red tape was used in the time of Henry V111; he with the six wives. His petitions to the Pope to have his first marriage annulled were bound in a red...
Nature & Environment
Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?
...systems that initiate near the Equator and can hit locations in the tropics and subtropics around the world. When we look at the Atlantic Basin we see increases in tropical storm numbers over the past century, although there is high year-to-year variability. The year 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, marks the high point. [There is a trend towards more...
Money & Business
Should we tax robots who replace humans in the workplace?
...system provide a solution to the rise of automation?...[Wall-E and a dollar] Automation promises to be one of the great social challenges of our generation. The fear that robots will steal our jobs is an old one. But it’s being felt all the more acutely thanks to the rise of new technology. What’s often overlooked is the role that tax policies play in this. Current...
Nature & Environment
Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
...systems, and population growth and urban development outstripping available water supplies. But looking outside the cities’ boundaries, a lesser-known cause emerges: degraded natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure (sometimes called “green infrastructure”) refers to natural and open spaces like forests or wetlands that are strategically managed to protect...
History & The Arts
Latitude and Longitude
...systems Today, it's all done electronically through GPS, a world-wide radio navigation system made up of a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. These 'artificial stars' are used as reference points to calculate a terrestrial position to within an accuracy of a few metres. In fact, with advanced forms of GPS you can make measurements to within a...
Digital & Computing
Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
...systems were compromised by SamSam’s owners during 2017, although they took no action until March. Once activated, SamSam spreads rapidly across the company’s network before locking the data, ensuring that hundreds, if not thousands of computers are crippled – increasing the likelihood that the ransom will paid. Like many big organisations, Atlanta faces the problem...