The problem with science journalism: we’ve forgotten that reality matters most The Guardian It’s the job of science journalists to look beyond data – we have to look at the people doing the science and whether they have conflicts of interest | As a science journalist, a lot of your time is spent reporting on new studies, natural phenomena and how research may affect our lives. But ther...
'Want RJIO? Wait 5 months' Deccan Herald The wait may have just gotten longer for the common man to taste the services of Reliance Jio 4G (RJIO). The company, which had launched services for its employees on December 27, is likely to take another four-five months for a pan-India launch, acc...
New Year's honours 2016: the full list The Guardian The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas | KNIGHTS BACHELOR | Henry Campbell Bellingham, MP. MP for North West Norfolk. For political and parliamentary service. (Norfolk) | Matthew Christopher Bourne, OBE. Choreographer. For servi...
Ebola specialists among those recognised in New Year honours The Guardian Dr Michael Jacobs from the Royal Free London, where Will Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey were treated, among those to receive honours | The role of British doctors, scientists and advisors in developing treatments that helped end the Ebola epidemic that...
New Year's Honours list 2016 in full Belfast Telegraph Here is the full list of recipients in the New Year's Honours list 2016. | ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CIVIL Share Go To | DBE (Dame) | Professor Lesley Jean Fallowfield. Director, Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer, University ...
Will india make it – 2016? IT spending is likely to be muted Yahoo Daily News The IT industry in India is at a cross roads yet again. After weathering multiple storms in the last 15 years and continuing to grow in spite of the odds, this time the dilemmas are serious. The next 12 to 18 months will determine the new winners and...
Will india make it – 2016? Digital disruption is a reality today Yahoo Daily News In 2015 there were more mobile subscribers (7.4 billion) than people (7.3 billion) on earth. Cisco estimates that, in 2019, there will be 545 million Internet users, 654.1 million smartphone users and 1.6 billion networked devices in India. In 2019, ...
Stubborn Myths and Dated Terms We'd Like to Retire in 2016 CityLab potential past / Flickr | Whether they’re overused, misunderstood, or wrongfully deployed, sometimes good words and concepts go bad. As CityLab wraps up 2015 and looks forward to a new year full of promise, we’ve compiled the following li...
How software developers helped end the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone The Guardian A team of open source software developers solved the problem that most urgently needed solving: distributing wages to health care workers | Little known to the rest of the world, a team of open source software developers played a small but integral p...
Start-up trends that ruled India in 2015 Topix The past year has seen a makeover of the ecosystem with more players coming in and some major ones disintegrating. Home services provider Housejoy went from 40 orders a day to 4,000 in 10 months since its launch in January, while its competitor Urban...
Can Congress Deliver Happy Days for Fish, Fishermen? Huffington Post To give you a break from the onslaught of 2015 year-in-review stories, let's test your memory of a bygone era. Can you pinpoint the year that: | "Happy Days" was the most popular television show? | A gallon of gas cost 59 cents? | "Rocky" won the Osc...
‘In Defense of Food’ wants you to know you’re overcomplicating this whole eating thing Zap2it Americans are making themselves crazy with food. | We read labels, try all manner of diets and buy products that claim to be fat-free, sugar-free, low-carb and all-natural, all in the interest of losing weight and getting healthy. | But a lot of peop...
19 levees in Illinois, Missouri monitored for flooding WPXI Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois and Missouri could be threatened by a rare winter flood that already forced the partial closure of interstate highways and widespread evacuations. | As the swollen rivers and streams pushed to virtua...
Worries grow over humanitarian impacts of 'strongest El Nino' BBC News The strongest El Nino on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for tens of millions of people in 2016 aid agencies say. | The weather phenomenon is set to exacerbate droughts in some areas while increasing flooding in others. | Some of the worst impacts are likely in Africa with food shortages expected to peak in February. |...
