Technology Big tech is unpopular, but we mostly have ourselves to blame Consumer demand and our own ignorance has done much to assist the rise of the likes of Facebook and Google, so restraint and knowledge can do much to tame it News
Technology Art history AI sees links between hundreds of years of paintings The AI identified the work of Paul Cézanne as a bridge between post-impressionism and cubism Machines are getting highbrow. One artificial intelligence has learned how to create new styles of art – now another is teaching itself art history. By analysing thousands of paintings produced over hundreds of years, the AI was able to spot … News
Earth Our best way to geoengineer the climate may well trash Earth A key plan to reduce global warming is to grow crops for fuel then capture and bury the carbon released when it's burned. This risks ecocide, says Olive Heffernan News
Space Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch THESE intricate solar panels will help unlock the deepest secrets of Mars. They were opened in a test facility at Lockheed Martin's Space division in Colorado as part of a check of NASA's InSight lander . The craft is due to blast off on its journey to the surface of the Red Planet in May. … Regulars
Technology How Google and Facebook hooked us – and how to break the habit Big tech companies avoid taxes and have taken over our lives and created monopolies – but what can we do about it and how much change do we really want? Features
Life Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies Nature's designs are helping to build amazing new devices that link to the body and each other, reveals a fascinating book called Bioinspired Devices Culture
Crossword #15 Crossword No15 ACROSS 1 Russian chemist (1834–1907) who devised the periodic table of elements (6,9) 9 ___ Sea, saltwater lake east of the Caucasus (7) 10 Component of an atomic nucleus (7) 11 Burrowing mammals of the family Talpidae; SI units of chemical amount (5) 12 Term used in chemistry for two electrons that occupy … Regulars
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