Equal Times

14 July 2017

Sex and love with robots: no longer science fiction

The debate over relationships between humans and machines often raises alarm and hope in equal measure. But now it is no longer science fiction: robots with incipient artificial intelligence are here and are calling at our door (or quite the [...]Read the full article

Big data: could mobile data contribute to the design of better public policies?

26 June 2017

Politics & economy

Big data: could mobile data contribute to the design of better public policies?

“As a species, we have never had a tool that allows us to measure human behaviour on a massive scale. And the mobile phone does that.”Read the full article

Nuclear power: still hazardous but still viable in Europe?

5 June 2017

Environment

Nuclear power: still hazardous but still viable in Europe?

Thirty one years after the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, and just six since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, there are more than enough reasons for the eternal debate over the reliability and safety of nuclear power to be as heated as [...]Read the full article

Is “everything that's core to freedom and democracy” under threat in the UK?

11 April 2017

Human rights

Is “everything that’s core to freedom and democracy” under threat in the UK?

“We’re hopeful we will be able to persuade our courts to restrain the more authoritarian tendencies of this government.”Read the full article

Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis?

22 March 2017

Environment

Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis?

“Lagoons and rivers have dried up due to Iran’s dam policy. Several wetlands across the country have been turned into wastelands.”Read the full article

20 March 2017

Development

The guardians of the Andean potato

Farmers and scientists in Peru are exchanging tradition and science with a view to mitigating the impact of climate change and, by so doing, are taking part in sustainable development goals across the planet.Read the full article

Teachers' unions call controversial for-profit education firm to account in Kenya

13 January 2017

Development

Teachers’ unions call controversial for-profit education firm to account in Kenya

“We should not be discussing Bridge International. The chain of schools ought to have been closed”Read the full article

Local solutions to local problems propel Cameroon's startups scene

12 January 2017

Development

Local solutions to local problems propel Cameroon’s startups scene

“There’s a lot of opportunity... and we believe tech is the fastest way of getting things organised.”Read the full article

‘Monumental' decision makes way for organising in the ‘gig economy'

13 January 2016

Politics & economy

‘Monumental’ decision makes way for organising in the ‘gig economy’

“The Seattle decision highlights ongoing issues concerning worker classification in the US”Read the full article

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