Effect of lockdowns on birth rates in the UK

Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Many wondered whether the COVID lockdowns would lead to a baby boom or a bust. We finally have some answers – for the UK, at least. Broadly, provisional data from the Office for National Statistics suggests there was a temporary decline in babies conceived during the firstContinue Reading

Developing countries are being left behind in the AI race – and that's a problem for all of us

sdecoret/Shutterstock Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than just a buzzword nowadays. It powers facial recognition in smartphones and computers, translation between foreign languages, systems which filter spam emails and identify toxic content on social media, and can even detect cancerous tumours. These examples, along with countless other existing andContinue Reading