In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, “Hey, how are you going?”. My response – “I am taking a bus”…
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African governments and development agencies have embraced science, technology and innovation as levers for development over the past two decades.…
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are…
Would you eat food that was printed by a machine? 3D printed food is built up by equipment (a 3D…
Every night, as telescopes around the world open their domes to study the cosmos, astronomers are forced to contend with…
Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Most stars host planets, like our Sun hosts our solar system,…
Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise research before it…
Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: Is Google Making Us Stupid? In that 4,000-word essay,…
Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news…
Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back…