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Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom. But what might have happened to the economy if the Yes campaign triumphed? Find out what the financial experts have to say.
What price independence? Scotland is not alone when it comes to seeking to redraw national boundaries, says Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Channel 4 News gets on Snapchat and WhatsApp. Young Scots now have the vote, so one media outfit is meeting them on the platforms they use.
Why education policies matter for equality. Do improvements in education do more to reduce income disparity than government expenditure or financial-sector development? A study has the answer.
How to build an entrepreneur. What India’s poor can teach us about women’s business potential.
Smartphones waste 70% of their energy. Mattias Astrom on the technology that could lower consumption and save the $25 billion currently being spent on powering mobile networks.
We are entering a new era of space exploration and innovation, launched by market forces, says scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. “Commercialization is the magic dust that makes blue-sky thinking seem commonplace in mere years.”
HIV infections have fallen by a third in the last decade, and researchers say a vaccine and a cure may not be far off.
The problem is not that there are too many migrants, it is that there are too few, says Khalid Koser, who argues that supporting migration makes good business sense.
The Geneva Ukraine initiative. A 10-point plan to stabilize Ukraine’s economy and end conflict in the region. (SpiegelOnline, Kyiv Post, RIA Novosti)
China’s economy will suffer a further slowdown in 2015. Li Daokui, dean of the Schwarzman Scholars Programme at Tsinghua University, speaks at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the New Champions. (CNBC)
The World’s Most Reputable Countries, 2014. Forum research is being used in the Reputation Institute’s World’s Most Reputable Countries ranking. (Forbes)
How I learned to think like a mushroom. Fungal solutions to pollution, pandemics and starvation.
In praise of China’s new normal. The nation’s growth rates have declined from more than 10% before 2008 to around 7.5% today. Is this their “new normal” or can the country expect even slower growth in the years to come?
Pass, pass! Research using network theory reveals that Barcelona plays an entirely different type of football from every other team on the planet – no other side comes close.
The mathematics of ebola: an R number of less than 1 means the outbreak of a disease will die out, but what figure have some scientists given ebola’s current spread?
A system to cut city traffic that might just work. A one-in, one-out system that doesn’t rely on cameras or fines. Or bouncers.
Inequality at the top: why should we care? Should the focus on inequality be on the bottom lagging behind or the top pulling away?
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Image: A screen displays the results of the Scottish vote on independence, in Edinburgh, Scotland September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
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