Blockchain, designed to serve as a sort of transaction log for Bitcoin cryptocurrency, has been around for just over a decade, being announced in 2008. (Bitcoin became available and was in circulation by 2009.) As of December of last year,...
Ukrainians have chosen a comedian to lead them. But the new president, elected amid promises of draining the swamp, may soon discover that swamp water is the lymph and blood of Ukrainian political culture. In late April, five years after...
If politicians are serious about the NHS’s future, they need to have an honest conversation about healthcare reform. It is an imperfect system, but as Nigel Lawson said, the UK treats the NHS like a religion. The King’s Fund’s survey...
British Parliament, since its inception, has been the model on which emerging democracies base their governments. Today, however, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government finds itself paralyzed in the face of the Brexit question, and on the cusp of succumbing to...
In a campaign that upended the established political system, gags came easy for Ukraine’s president-elect. He is, after all, a comedian. But as Volodymyr Zelensky looks beyond his momentus election victory, he’ll know punchline prowess stands for little. Beset with...
Uranium is a naturally occurring, radioactive heavy metal found in the earth’s crust. It is composed of three isotopes: U-234, U-235, and U-238. Depleted uranium, or DU, is created as a by-product of the uranium enrichment process and is about...
As the days lengthen and weather warms with the new season, a usual sight is the common bee – buzzing in his own bustle. Yet, as humble and inconspicuous as he may seem, he is crucial to the Earth’s ecosystem...
As Mario Draghi’s term as president comes to an end, the battle over who will succeed him has brought all of the flaws that plague the European Central Bank to the fore. “The Eurozone will endure, but it will not...
The European Union (EU) is about to face its biggest challenge to date. In May, people from across the EU will go to the ballot box to vote in the latest set of elections to the European Parliament. And the...
When she was 6-years-old Gabriella Gillespie’s father murdered her mother. At 13, he took her and her sisters to his native country, Yemen, where he sold them as child brides. Despairing the prospects of marrying the man in his 60s...
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