17 March 2021
The ex-governor of the Bank of England is now a key figure in international climate action talks. Progress requires radically reimagining how financial markets value nature, he says
17 March 2021
The wispy cloud trails left by aircraft cause more warming than the carbon emissions from their fuel. Now there might be a simple way to stop them forming
17 March 2021
Non-fungible tokens could be a game changer for digital art, but it is hard to tell how much of it is just a financial stunt, writes Annalee Newitz
15 March 2021
Industrial automation raises wages for men and women because of productivity increases, but could erode progress made over recent years to narrow the gender pay gap
15 March 2021
The UK government has failed to deploy an updated version of a face analysis algorithm used for checking passport pictures, despite knowing it works poorly for people with very light and very dark skin
12 March 2021
A small sensor worn on the neck can monitor how much you move while sedentary and give a prompt to get up and exercise
11 March 2021
It can be hard to prescribe effective pain treatment while limiting the risk of addiction to the drugs. Artificial intelligence may help – and one that relies on someone’s vital signs outperforms existing algorithms
11 March 2021
An app that uses fire simulations based on local geography, weather and vegetation can tell people how to avoid the path of a wildfire
11 March 2021
When using VR headsets, differences between what the inner ear feels and what the eyes see can create nausea, but better tracking of the head’s position in space can reduce the effect
10 March 2021
Machine learning, a process used to train artificial intelligences, can take an extremely long time – but a quantum trick could massively speed things up for tasks involving particles of light called photons
