You can rewild your garden into a miniature rainforest – Imagine newsletter #4
Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
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The Nelsons of Bridgetown and Birmingham: what two statues tell us about the legacy of colonialism
They were made by the same sculptor but sit in two very different places. Now one is set to be removed while the other goes unnoticed.
The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is banking on pension reform to stimulate growth.
Society actually does want policies that benefit future generations
Research has shed new light on whether we prefer policies that would benefit ourselves or our descendants.
Books That Shook the Business World: An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Robert Malthus
Malthus thought that overpopulation was unsustainable and risked societal collapse. One of humanity’s greatest achievements was proving him wrong.
Why teaching immigrant children English is turning into a 2015 election issue
The education of children who speak more than one language is being used as part of a wider debate about immigration just months before the UK’s 2015 general election. But there is surprisingly little…
A new centrist party for Britain? Good luck with that
British politics is ancient, tribal and ossified. It won’t make room for a new party without putting up a fight.
Nuclear futures: renewables blossom in Germany’s post‑nuclear vision
When the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami in March 2011, the disaster had a profound effect on German energy policy. Chancellor Angela Merkel reasoned that “Fukushima…
The badger cull is not the answer to hedgehogs’ problems
What to do, when two of Britain’s most loved animals run up against each other? In a study recently published in the journal PLOS One, we found that the numbers of hedgehogs living in suburban areas in…
Forget gory Gunpowder – Jacobean England had a bloodcurdling appetite for violence
It wasn’t just ‘mindless’ brutality – but it should remind us that violence too often begets violence.
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