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Radical approach: Fight climate change with new ‘political...
Long problems such as climate change are ones in which there is a long lag between causes and effects. We don’t act early because we’re uncertain...
Nigeria's shame: The Chibok girls: What happened in April 2014?
But the government-run school in Chibok opened specially for students who were taking their WAEC, or final exams. Many girls had traveled to the...
Editorial: Brink of a cataclysm
Iran’s response of firing hundreds of drones into Israel was expected, inevitable and unprecedented
Neighbourhood affairs: China now a thorn in Modi’s side
As Narendra Modi seeks a third term as Prime Minister, India’s rupture with China looms over a pillar of his campaign, making his country a major...
Now hiring: Sophisticated (part-time) chatbot tutors
There are usually two types of work for these trainers: supervised learning, where the AI learns from human-generated writing, and reinforcement...
Culpable Agents: Fashion giants linked to Brazil’s deforestation
Deforestation there has doubled in the last five years, according to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research.
Editorial: Power of denial
A probe led by a global consortium of media outlets revealed how the malware was used by governments around the world to hack phones of dissidents....
Radical Approach: Teaching patients in India how to heal
A decade-long experiment, a simple yet radical approach in Asia is equipping medical patients and their loved ones with the knowledge they need to...