Counterpoint

Who decides the circumstances behind cancelling someone? Why is America electing mostly old men. Energy transitions are difficult but we need to have one. What can we learn from past transitions? Plus tips on how to say no and mean it. 

Does China have a youth unemployment problem? It does have a problem with Japan but is it real or a bit of a distraction? The world eats a lot of chickens but will eat it chicken grown in a lab? Bushfire season is upon us, will it be as devastating as the ones that have come before or might they be even worse? 

Does China have a youth unemployment problem? It does have a problem with Japan but is it real or a bit of a distraction? The world eats a lot of chickens but will eat it chicken grown in a lab? Bushfire season is upon us, will it be as devastating as the ones that have come before or might they be even worse? 

Libya is cleaning up after an earthquake. Should countries who can afford it give more? What's it like to live in a city with no government? Should we still be going into space and how to make a decision when you have multiple options

Libya is cleaning up after an earthquake. Should countries who can afford it give more? What's it like to live in a city with no government? Should we still be going into space and how to make a decision when you have multiple options

If China sneezes will Australia really catch a cold? Incels in Australia are becoming a problem, what can be done?  East-West cooperation during the Cold War by scientists and the incredible, not finished history of charisma.

If China sneezes will Australia really catch a cold? Incels in Australia are becoming a problem, what can be done?  East-West cooperation during the Cold War by scientists and the incredible, not finished history of charisma.

Is the UN climate neutral? Have we lost the art of conversation with each other and it is adding to the political hate we are experiencing? How important are symbols during a war - just ask the Ukranian people about  Bakhmut

Is the UN climate neutral? Have we lost the art of conversation with each other and it is adding to the political hate we are experiencing? How important are symbols during a war - just ask the Ukranian people about  Bakhmut

Are we about to see less tanks and more drones in warfare? Should gun violence be treated as public heath issue?  Is the Chinese century already over and is civility a sign of weakness? Are you in the exhausted majority or the loud  minority?

Are we about to see less tanks and more drones in warfare? Should gun violence be treated as public heath issue?  Is the Chinese century already over and is civility a sign of weakness? Are you in the exhausted majority or the loud  minority?

An optimistic take on the inter-generational report, stem cells that can repair teeth naturally, young Chinese men braving jungles and bandits to enter the US – spies or desperate refugees? And embroidery tells the story of South Africa's domestic violence epidemic.

An optimistic take on the inter-generational report, stem cells that can repair teeth naturally, young Chinese men braving jungles and bandits to enter the US – spies or desperate refugees? And embroidery tells the story of South Africa's domestic violence epidemic.

Argentina could be heading in a free market direction with a new and flamboyant potential leader, China’s haunting EV graveyards. How good design could make cities less lonely, and the UK’s new super sniffers.  

Argentina could be heading in a free market direction with a new and flamboyant potential leader, China’s haunting EV graveyards. How good design could make cities less lonely, and the UK’s new super sniffers.  

Democracy is rapidly becoming an endangered concept in South East Asia. How one tagged tuna set science right and helped save the species. Why the anti-woke shouldn’t get too close to the religious right even when they appear to be in agreement, and good biodiversity news with the discovery of two tiny new mammals.

Democracy is rapidly becoming an endangered concept in South East Asia. How one tagged tuna set science right and helped save the species. Why the anti-woke shouldn’t get too close to the religious right even when they appear to be in agreement, and good biodiversity news with the discovery of two tiny new mammals.

How the dream of geo-engineering weather, redirecting cyclones and creating rain could turn very nasty in the wrong hands, Indonesia gets tough about accepting our old plastic, Iran's lithium discovery and how it could affect the world economy and why we need more birds in our cities.

How the dream of geo-engineering weather, redirecting cyclones and creating rain could turn very nasty in the wrong hands, Indonesia gets tough about accepting our old plastic, Iran's lithium discovery and how it could affect the world economy and why we need more birds in our cities.

Europe has had a record breaking fire ravaged summer but is calling it global boiling unnecessarily alarming rhetoric? Depressed dogs may need psychiatric help just like humans. PNG is suddenly looking very attractive to the US as the superpower seeks strategic advantage in the Indo Pacific . AI is set to unimaginably change our lives – but could it also affect the way we are governed? And popping...

Europe has had a record breaking fire ravaged summer but is calling it global boiling unnecessarily alarming rhetoric? Depressed dogs may need psychiatric help just like humans. PNG is suddenly looking very attractive to the US as the superpower seeks strategic advantage in the Indo Pacific . AI is set to unimaginably change our lives – but could it also affect the way we are governed? And popping...

Megacities are a glamorous idea but would anyone want to actually live in one? Psychedelics back in vogue but this time it's not peace love and music but as a treatment for depression. 

Megacities are a glamorous idea but would anyone want to actually live in one? Psychedelics back in vogue but this time it's not peace love and music but as a treatment for depression. 

How the US secretly used women in combat in Afghanistan. 'Zombie' drug fentanyl lays waste to San Francisco. Critical Race theory dismissed as a 'pseudoscience', and why birds love our trash.

How the US secretly used women in combat in Afghanistan. 'Zombie' drug fentanyl lays waste to San Francisco. Critical Race theory dismissed as a 'pseudoscience', and why birds love our trash.