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History & The Arts
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
The growing embrace of big data makes identity an increasingly contentious space. Researchers Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle's work explores where the new digital world might take us.
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History & The Arts
Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
Hackers have exposed the details of millions of users of a site designed to help married people cheat. Nobody comes out of the story looking particularly good - but who is more sinned against than sinning?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
The World Health Organisation wants rabies eradicated from Asia in the next five years. They've got an uphill struggle, reports Mary-Rose Abraham.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India
How do you spread healthcare messages amongst people too poor to access the for-profit health system in India? One doctor found a low-tech approach works.
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History & The Arts
Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece
Not written by that Aristotle, the Masterpiece nevertheless found a huge market desperate for sex education in 18th Century Britain and America.
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Society, Politics & Law
The Labour Party purges
The UK Labour party is cancelling the memberships of significant numbers of people who joined in order to vote in its leadership election - and even some who joined before. Michael Chessum asks how far it will go.
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Society, Politics & Law
The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough
The purge of Labour supporters to weed out extremists, real and imagined, shows that even moderates can be authoritarian, says Peter Bloom.
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History & The Arts
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
Today, the EU has announced approval for an extension of tax breaks for the British film industry. But is this form of indirect subsidy the best way to help stimulate creative industries? Animation expert Charles Kenny has looked at schemes around the world, and wonders if we'd not all be better off with something more directly supportive.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
By adopting the approach used in the Netherlands, the NHS could cut costs but maintain quality, suggests Dr Elizabeth Cotton.
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Society, Politics & Law
Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Are homeless people's lives off track and disorganised? Dan McCulloch's research conveys a different story...
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History & The Arts
Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?
A film celebrating the Stonewall riots and the birth of LGBTQ pride would, you'd think, be welcomed by those it claims to champion. But the approach and what's been left out has made the movie a flashpoint in its own right.
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Society, Politics & Law
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
The 2000 Millennium Goals set targets, aspiring to make the world a better place. As we reach the end of the year by which they were to be achieved, Yoseph Araya asks how we're doing.