Since the UN Climate Change Agreement was signed by 196 nations in December 2015, many countries have announced policies to reduce their…
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A month ago South Africans heard some hard truths about the state of the power utility, Eskom, from the outgoing…
The future of Africa’s energy sector is getting increasing attention from policymakers and the private sector. As demand for energy rises, current…
Human foibles and a moving target The reason to regulate AI is not because the technology is out of control,…
When we asked GPT-3, an extremely powerful and popular artificial intelligence language system, whether you’d be more likely to use a…
Many futuristic novels and films have explored what the world might look like without water. But water scarcity isn’t a…
Is it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that…
If all goes to plan, sometime in November 2024, NASA’s newly announced Artemis II crew – Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman…
New telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution are being unveiled around the world – and beyond. Among them are the Giant…
Schools and universities are panicking about artificial intelligence (AI) and cheating. But AI presents far more significant threats to equity…