Posts tagged video

Why concussion needs to be tackled

New research suggests that repeated concussion may lead to CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Sports like American football and rugby need better safeguards for players

How to predict rogue waves

Rogue waves can damage and even sink vessels. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with an algorithm that predicts when they are about to strike

Anti-Trump groups are spending millions on negative advertising ahead of key primaries on Tuesday

Will it work?

Ports and policy in Indonesia: A maritime superpower in the making?

Indonesia’s president has ambitious plans to overhaul the country’s backward infrastructure. He had better work fast

Read our special report on Indonesia here 

Are you ready for man-made meat?

Space Invaders

Richard Branson is not the only space pioneer. Meet the other dreamers and entrepreneurs running in the new space race.

In the Mojave desert, our new Economist Film follows entrepreneurs and young dreamers as they scramble to get out into the cosmos.

Donald Trump’s terrible appeal

The Republican frontrunner is beginning to look unstoppable. How is
this possible?

Meet Johan, aka BigDaddy. The 21-year-old is a global superstar in the world of competitive online gaming. He is about to compete for an $18 million prize in a gaming tournament watched by 134 million people

Are people like BigDaddy the athletes of tomorrow or gaming geeks who just got lucky? Discover the future face of sport in E-Sports Superstars.

Watch the full film here

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was declared over last month. The virus is blood-borne; the world’s next big disease could be airborne, which would be much harder to contain—particularly in our globalised, urbanised world. So when the next epidemic breaks out, how do we prevent it from spreading around the world? The Economist explains how to stop the next epidemic

The city with the most polluted air

The World Health Organisation ranks Delhi as the world’s most polluted big city. Authorities have tried reducing the number of cars on the city’s roads to improve air quality

Drone Rangers

They never leave the ground—but these are the pilots of the future…

Reflections on a revolution: Egypt, five years on

“We couldn’t achieve what they died for”: it’s been five years since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Looking back, Egypt’s revolutionaries wonder whether it was worth the sacrifice

Meet the Indian doctor transforming thousands of lives. Dr Devi Shetty’s pioneering methods are bringing world-class heart surgery to the masses.

And watch the full film here: http://econ.st/1n0A1b9

Regenerating Shakespeare

From former Doctor Who David Tennant to British hip-hop star Akala – find out how the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death is being used to breath new life into his work.