Comet Facebook impacts into Popper’s World 3
“The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.” Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, wrote this in his blog on November 18. He also outlined ways the company plans to…
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Are GMOs really the cream of the crop?
It has been 20 years since the wholesale adoption of genetically modified crops by American and Canadian agriculture. However, the promises of higher yields and less pesticide use were not enough to…
Japan steps gently into a post-Brexit world
The ascension of President-elect Donald Trump onto the world’s stage last Wednesday dominated the global news. At 4:05pm on the same day, less noticed, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Koji…
Path to Scotland’s independence in Europe
If you think Brexit complicated British politics, try living in Scotland. Those Scots who favour independence – 45 per cent of us, including me in 2014 – thought our time had come when David…
Young take centre stage in engineering’s future
Engineering companies will have more than 1.5 million vacancies to fill over the next six years and the UK needs now to work on providing the skills that would help fill them….
Apprenticeships change lives
Apprenticeships change lives. That’s the mantra of Charlie Mullins OBE, founder and chief executive of Pimlico Plumbers in London, a thriving business that employs 350 workers, 45 of them apprentices. Mr Mullins…
UK citizens: waving, not drowning
Grateful UK citizens have bombarded the office of European MP Charles Goerens with offers of thanks following his proposal to introduce “associate European Union citizenship”. The Luxembourg MEP last week called for…
Rise of the machines: new drone rules on horizon
Imagine a future scenario where dozens of aerial drones buzz past each day, like swarms of flies, delivering parcels, reacting to emergencies and monitoring traffic conditions. This is the potential prospect being…
The science of Brexit behaviour
It became clear last week that not only was the political world turned upside down, but so also was the way it was analysed and reported. In particular, polling predictions were yet…
The psychology of government
As political parties around the world try to work out why opinion pollsters are struggling to get accurate readings of what is on voters’ minds, governments are beginning to tap into pioneering…