Banking and Franchising - a dangerous mix; The transformation of a radical cleric; Swarm intelligence and insect infrastructure

Small business has been the focus of the Banking Royal Commission this week. Who is in the hot seat?

Newsweek once branded Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr the most dangerous man in Iraq - now he's at the front of a reformist political movement.

Social insects may inspire solutions for our rapidly urbanizing cities. Could ants, bees and slime moulds solve our infrastructure woes?

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