Erin

Erin

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‘Today is not my day’: how Russia’s journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speech

‘Today is not my day’: how Russia’s journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speech

“It is impossible to stop a speeding train by throwing oneself onto the tracks,”...

Science
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What’s in a name? Why giving monkeypox a new one is a good idea

What’s in a name? Why giving monkeypox a new one is a good idea

In its latest update on monkey pox in mid-June, the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Society
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How to help immigrants feel more at home and contribute more to the local economy

How to help immigrants feel more at home and contribute more to the local economy

Imagine Ania, a Ukrainian immigrant who arrived in Berlin, Germany in the spring...

Politics
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Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv

Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv

Having crossed the 100-day mark, the war in Ukraine is having an ever more obvious,...

Technology
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Drivers of self-driving cars can rely too much on autopilot, and that’s a recipe for disaster

Drivers of self-driving cars can rely too much on autopilot, and that’s a recipe for disaster

We were promised a very near future where autonomous machines would be serving our...

Society
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The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly — and threatening Indigenous people who live there

The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly — and threatening Indigenous people who live there

Forests throughout the world are shrinking year after year — and Brazil is the epicentre

Technology
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How the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of cities

How the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of cities

Several companies, including Apple and Microsoft, are betting that the world of...

Research
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65,000-year-old ‘stone Swiss Army knives’ show early humans had long-distance social networks

65,000-year-old ‘stone Swiss Army knives’ show early humans had long-distance social networks

Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world –...

Science
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Can we time travel? A theoretical physicist provides some answers

Can we time travel? A theoretical physicist provides some answers

Time travel makes regular appearances in popular culture, with innumerable time...

Science
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Pig-human transplants may be a misguided attempt to address the organ shortage

Pig-human transplants may be a misguided attempt to address the organ shortage

At the end of 2021, 57-year old David Bennett Sr. was bedridden and on life-support...

Society
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Sisi calls for 'international solution' to grain crisis

Sisi calls for 'international solution' to grain crisis

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Friday called to reach an "international...

Society
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Direct flights to begin from Venezuela to Qatar

Direct flights to begin from Venezuela to Qatar

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro yesterday announced that direct flights between...

Politics
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Middle East accounts for 43% of US arms transfers, report finds

Middle East accounts for 43% of US arms transfers, report finds

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the Middle East...

Technology
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There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?

There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?

We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport...

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A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he’s right, how would we know?

A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he’s right, how would we know?

Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated...

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