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...changed over the period 1950-2010. As an example of how to read this chart, in 2010 there were just over 8 million males - the larger blue bar - in the second (5 to 10) age category and about 8 million girls: the height of the overlapped purple column. For the same year, in the 25-30 age band, there were about 7 million females - the larger pink bar, this time - and just...

...changing technology for driverless cars? Who is responsible if the vehicle crashes?...[Google Driverless Car] Oh dear! The Google car has crashed and Google has admitted that it may be their fault. This was in California, but such vehicles could be on the roads of England and Wales in the next few years. Should we be worried? We don’t think so. According to The Highway...

...changing geographies of sugar...[The old Domino Sugar factory as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge. New York, NY.] The geography of sugar is a geography of globalisation. Sugarcane was probably first domesticated in the Polynesian region, around about 10,000 years ago. Its cultivation spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia and, significantly, into India. Through...

...changed?...[Prime Minister David Cameron hosts a reception to celebrate Vaisakhi in 10 Downing Street] In April 2016, David Cameron - then Prime Minister - hosted a reception in Downing Street to celebrate Vaisakhi and to recognise the British Sikh community's contribution to the UK. As the 2017 UK general election nears, Labour is facing a probable loss of seats for the...