Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers
29 May 2019
Sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros
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Keeping cool with wood
29 May 2019
A material made by treating wood with hydrogen peroxide could keep houses cool
Chimps' ingenuity earns them a treat
29 May 2019
Chimpanzees in West Africa have learned how to get hold of tortoise meat
Women less likely to receive CPR
29 May 2019
An analysis of more than 5700 cardiac arrests in the Netherlands has found that only 68 per cent of women received a resuscitation attempt from a bystander
Getting a little more sunlight is a simple health win for everyone
29 May 2019
With the weight of evidence now out there about just how good sunshine is for our physical and mental health, it's time for all of us to see the light
Forget rampant killer robots: AI’s real danger is far more insidious
29 May 2019
AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us
Singapore's ban on fake news sets a dangerous precedent
29 May 2019
As tempting as it sounds, Singapore's initiative to curb online misinformation could stop public-interest journalism and stifle academic discourse, says Donna Lu
Should you give your data to a period tracker or smart breast pump?
29 May 2019
Health tech firms believe that women are a lucrative and untapped market, but are these products worth the privacy costs?
DNA coated with silica could store masses of data in a single gram
29 May 2019
A gram of DNA can store millions of terabytes of data, but the fragile molecule can break down and lose the information – a new technique makes DNA more robust
No one can be truly anonymous ever again thanks to genetic sequencing
28 May 2019
From the health of celebrities and presidential candidates to family secrets and hidden identities, consumer genetic tests are laying everyone’s DNA bare
