Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my…
Community broadband provides a local solution for a global problem
According to a 2023 study by the International Telecommunications Union, approximately 2.6 billion people are…
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this
Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property…
An AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but it challenges science’s need for proof
An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to…
Online consultation or voting 2023: 8.5% of EU people
In 2023, 8.5% of EU individuals aged between 16 and 74 used the internet to…
the government wants to restrict it, but my study shows it can be useful and empowering
Every day, 750 million people around the world engage with Tiktok – the short-video sharing…
Spending too much time on social media and doomscrolling? The problem might be FOMO
For as long as we have used the internet to communicate and connect with each…
DNA analysis reveals that there are more species of parasitoid wasps than anticipated
When Charles Darwin first encountered parasitoid wasps, he was horrified. In an 1860 letter to…
AI is cracking a hard problem – giving computers a sense of smell
Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do…
We asked ChatGPT for legal advice – here are five reasons why you shouldn’t
At some point in your life, you are likely to need legal advice. A survey…