The coronavirus has turned life upside down for billions of people around the world. It’s bound to have a lasting impact once the pandemic subsides. Hikers maintain distance at Vista View Point, Los Angeles, 20 March 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The...
A microbiologist checks on a bacterium’s resistance to an antibiotic at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 25 November 2013 (AP Photo/David Goldman). By Alan Wheatley What could be killing millions of people a year by 2050? What...
The U.S. used a drone, controlled from an Air Force base thousands of kilometers away, to kill Iran’s top general. Are drones reshaping war? A U.S. MQ-4 Predator drone at Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad, Iraq, 21 June 2007 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) The death of...
A new speech policy looks set to rein in Google’s intellectually freewheeling culture. It points to difficult trade-offs today’s organizations must make. A man passes by a Google logo. (EPA-EFE/Julien de Rosa) Google recently published Community Guidelines, an...
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. put a man on the moon. It’s worth recalling how the U.S. lagged at the start of the Space Age. And what about Earth? A footprint left by a U.S. astronaut on the moon, 20 July 1969 (AP Photo/NASA) The Space Age began on...
Populist parties are the political groupings of the 21st century. Insurgents who get social media right can make big gains. But not all succeed. A supporter of Change UK party holds a poster advertising for voting in the European election in London, 14 May 2019 (AP...
Seven Nobel prize winners have worked in a laboratory on Long Island, where scientists from around the world examine the smallest particles. Russian scientist Petr Ilinsky shows an electronic microscope at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Ilinsky works on the X-Ray...
Indian women are turning to smartphone apps to protect against sexual violence. But is technology the answer — or will it end up being a scapegoat? An Indian girl participates in a street play during a protest against sexual violence, New Delhi, India, 15...
Logos of social media apps on a smartphone, 6 June 2018 (Silas Stein/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) News-Decoder has teamed up with Britain’s Podium.me to produce an eight-episode podcast about the world’s toughest problems. Today: Social Media By Bethan Ashmead...
Can we trust robots? Innovative technologies will radically change the skills of tomorrow. The challenge lies in keeping humans up to date. News-Decoder has teamed up with Britain’s Podium.me to produce an eight-episode podcast about the world’s toughest problems....