Opium, Rat Hair, Beaver Anal Secretions – And Other Surprising Things You Might Find in Food
For example, a natural flavoring called castoreum is a thick odorous secretion obtained from the anal glands of beavers.
Category: Politics
On Germany’s National Soccer Stage, Why Have East Germans Gone Missing
Why is German soccer so dominated by players and clubs from the West? And what does this imbalance say about the state of the German reunification?
Fossil Fuel Industry Sees the Future in Hard-To-Recycle Plastic
How will they adapt as fossil fuel demand wanes with the rise of renewable energy and battery power? The answer is plastic.
Police Photo Lineups: How Background Colors Can Skew Eye Witness Identification
Identification parades can be powerful evidence in securing convictions in criminal cases. But eyewitness evidence is notoriously prone to errors.
Webcams in Nursing Home Rooms May Deter Elder Abuse – but Are They Ethical?
Papp’s fight to monitor her mother’s care reflects a reasonable fear. About 1.3 million Americans live in nursing homes, and elder abuse can be a killer.
How Multinationals Continue to Avoid Paying Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Tax – New Research
New research estimates that $420 billion in corporate profits is shifted out of 79 countries every year. This equates to $125 billion in lost tax revenue.
How Swedish Literature Reflects the Benefits of a Shorter Working Day
The world should be inspired by Swedish culture, with more fika, more time for leisurely reading about non-work topics, and more lagom towards jobs.
More Than a Million UK Small Businesses See Brexit as Major Obstacle To Success
Over one million UK SMEs, around a quarter of the total, were concerned about how Brexit would affect the success of their business.
South America’s Second-Largest Forest Is Also Burning – and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal Is Subsidizing Its Destruction
The fires raging across the Amazon have captured the world’s attention. Meanwhile, the second-largest forest, Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight.
How Edward Snowden Could Lose His Book Royalties to the Us Government – Legal Precedent Is Not on His Side
Instead of trying to ban Snowden book, the US authorities have tried something else. They are suing the publisher Macmillan, seeking to seize any profits.
Zero-Hours Contracts Have a Devastating Impact on Career Progression – Labour Is Right To Ban Them
Labour has reaffirmed its plans to rid the UK of zero-hours contracts, said shadow chancellor John McDonnell at the Labour Party conference.
Manufacturing Still Matters: Five Reasons Why the IMF Is Wrong
According to new IMF research, countries need no longer rely on manufacturing for productivity growth. Here are five reasons why IMF is wrong.
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Own Corporate America
Together, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street have nearly US$11 trillion in assets under management. That’s more than all sovereign wealth funds combined.
Arrests of 6-Year-Olds Show the Perils of Putting Police in Primary Schools
The arrest of two six-year-olds in a Florida school in October has shown, sometimes one threat to the students is the officers themselves.
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reach Us$87 Billion in EU Countries – and They’re Growing
In 2017, EU countries spent US$87 billion subsidizing the cost of fossil fuels. This is nearly 2.5 times more than they spent in 2010.
No, It’s Not Ok for the Government To Use Your Prescription Details To Recruit You for a Study
People providing their personal information to the government, to access government services, are doing so through necessity, not choice.
Drug Use in England and Wales Is up for the Fourth Year in a Row
One of the most striking elements of the data is the ease with which people, especially young people, can obtain controlled drugs.
Now That Cannabis Is Legal, Let’s Use It To Tackle the Opioid Crisis
There’s growing evidence for the use of cannabis in treating opioid addiction. A study of found that those who used cannabis used opioids less often.
Millennials Are $1 Trillion in Debt but They’re Better at Saving Than Previous Generations
Millennials have racked up over US$1 trillion of debt. Yet, in comparison to previous generations this group is significantly more fiscally conservative.
New York’s New Rental Protections Won’t End the Outsize Influence of Big Developers Who Pay the City’s Bills
New York has the second most expensive rental market in the United States. More than half of all New Yorkers spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
RADICAL REFORMS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE GONE UNNOTICED AND UNCHALLENGED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF BREXIT
Reforms to the way local authorities are funded are the most radical and least discussed changes made by conservative governments since 2010.
How Brexit Uncertainty Is Hurting the UK Economy – in Four Charts
Each day brings with it new drama in United Kingdom’s politics and the course of Brexit – and it’s playing havoc with the UK economy.
What I Learned From Bob Hawke: Economics Isn’t an End Itself. There Has To Be a Social Benefit
Hawke and Keating were a dynamic duo of creative economics leadership. They reformed all aspects of Australia’s struggling economy.
Suspending Parliament Could Be the Act of a Credible Madman or Master Bluffer – Top Game Theorist on Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has adopted what the late Nobel laureate game theorist, Thomas Schelling called the “madman theory” in his parliament suspension.
Poland Invites Nationalism in Its Commemoration of WWII by Moving Location and Inviting Trump
Poland changed the site of the usual WWII commemoration ceremony from Westerplatte to Warsaw and, for the first time, invited a U.S. president to speak.