Science, Technology and Innovation
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The North American Battery Belt Is Here
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of August 2022 is the cornerstone of the Biden administration’s energy and climate change policy,…
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Science journals ban listing of ChatGPT as co-author on papers
The publishers of thousands of scientific journals have banned or restricted contributors’ use of an advanced AI-driven chatbot amid concerns…
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Big Tech giving European consumers what they deny Americans
”Tech companies have built a perfect record so far in blocking major legislation in Congress,” The Wall Street Journal observed as…
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The thousand faces of Heinrich Schliemann, the man who ‘discovered’ Troy
With a vast exhibition, Berlin celebrates its most famous archaeologist, an uneducated millionaire who used his fortune to search for…
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Greece in ‘preliminary’ talks with British Museum about Parthenon marbles
Senior Greek officials have been in “preliminary” talks with the British Museum in what could amount to a tectonic shift…
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George Osborne holds talks on returning Elgin Marbles to Greece
The former chancellor, the museum’s chairman, has also met two other senior Greek ministers in London since being appointed last…
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Diverting children away from the criminal justice system gives them a chance to ‘grow out’ of crime
Prison is no place for a child. Putting children in youth justice facilities can have long-lasting consequences for their physical, psychological and…
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Optimal carbon-electricity trade-offs through the virtual power plant concept
To ameliorate the increased challenges relating to renewable energy sources set by European Union targets for the 2020, 2030 and…
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Killer Robots: Negotiate Treaty in New Forum
Delaying Needed Law Endangers Civilians, Generates Insecurity. HRW Governments should move the discussions of a treaty on autonomous weapons systems,…
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Is the global decline in democracy linked to social media?
Here are two common ways of thinking about democracy in the online era. Authors The Conversation First, the internet is…
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Malaria in Africa: why most countries haven’t beaten it yet
In 2020 there were around 241 million cases and 672,000 malaria-related deaths. Authors The Conversation This is a sharp increase from…
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EU to launch advanced Microsoft-Activision probe
US tech giant opts not to file remedies to Brussels’ antitrust enforcers Samuel Stolton The European Commission is set to…
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Medibank cyber-attack: should the health insurer pay a ransom for its customers’ data?
Two weeks after the Medibank cyber-attack, the question that remains unanswered is: will the company pay a ransom? Josh Taylor…
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How Ukraine is winning the social media war
Ukrainian counter-offensives continue to make progress, while Russian forces are still pressing elsewhere. Paul Adams BBC But on the internet,…
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Signs of dementia may be detectable nine years before diagnosis – study
Scientists have discovered that it may be possible to spot signs of dementia as early as nine years before patients…
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Nobel prize: Svante Pääbo’s ancient DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
In other words, Pääbo has been awarded the prestigious prize for having sequenced the genomes of our extinct relatives, the…
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