Heiki Paakkinen: Can Penguins Rule the Waves?
The energy trilemma – how to generate affordable, secure, and low carbon electricity – constitutes a struggle for most countries. There is an imperative...
SpaceX: Making a Splash in Privatised Space Exploration
The United States government is outsourcing its business in space at an astronomical rate. Contracts worth billions of dollars are being awarded to private...
Khoa Phan: Six Life-Changing Seconds
Vine has propelled Khoa Phan to fame and fortune. The young Californian explains: “I started making “vines” to bring my imagination into reality for...
Europe: Bewildered and a Little Bewitched
Much of the focus of this winter’s World Economic Forum will fall upon Europe. For it is here where commentators expect the issues that...
Mervyn King: Opinionated Lord
During his time as governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King – now Lord King – had a habit of using sporting...
Book Review – The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
For all its potential as a canvas for the display of human suffering, sick-lit never quite made it as a genre. In her 1926...
Luke Alphey: Tinkering with Insect Genes
Mosquitoes are amongst the most pernicious and deadly creatures in the world. They are responsible for the spread of the dreaded dengue fever, a...
Steve Jobs: Genius at What?
Americans love their heroes; the loners and outsiders who take on the meanest, most black-hearted baddies, and beat them single-handedly.
Who knows if Steve Jobs...
Caroline Criado-Perez: Ordeal and Success by Social Media
The rise of social media has transformed the way in which the world communicates. However, this can be a double-edged sword as freelance journalist,...
Book Review – Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone...
It remains somewhat of a mystery how Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne manages the UK government’s financial affairs. Presiding over a buoyant economy,...