There’s a common perception that artificial intelligence (AI) will help streamline our work. There are even fears that it could…
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What images does science conjure up in your mind? You may well be visualising a laboratory, equations scrawled on a…
What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it…
The rapid growth of cryptocurrencies and virtual non-fungible tokens have dominated news headlines in recent years. But not many may see how these modish…
We have long been fascinated with the idea of alien life. The earliest written record presenting the idea of “aliens”…
It’s hard for many of us to imagine a world without instant, limitless internet access. Some have even argued that…
Since ChatGPT was released, many commentators are sounding the alarm about an artificial intelligence (AI) takeover, suggesting that professors will soon be out of a job,…
Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery, or theft? Perhaps it comes down to the imitator. Text-to-image artificial intelligence systems…
The announcement by the South African finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, of debt relief for the country’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is a step…
Despite recent waves of Big Tech layoffs, billions of dollars have been sunk into virtual reality (VR) hardware and software over the past few years.…