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Relationship between big tech and policing is shielded behind commercial confidentiality – it’s a problem
Shutterstock/kirill_makarov For over ten years, public inquiries, press reports, police whistleblowers – and even chief constables – have been raising the issue of police IT systems not being fit for purpose and ultimately failing victims of crime. This has prompted significant media attention and public scrutiny, as well as theContinue Reading
Vaccinating teenagers is beneficial, even if their vulnerability to COVID-19 is low
The UK government has announced that all 16 to 17-year-olds will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks. Many countries are already vaccinating children over 12, so this decision is not out of step with what is going on elsewhere. Despite this, theContinue Reading
Spain’s little-known Viking history is being uncovered
Every year, on the first Sunday in August, the replica of an 11th-century Viking longboat sails up the river Ulla to the town of Catoira in northern Spain. The boat, manned by townsfolk disguised as Viking warriors, stages a ferocious onslaught on the town which is successfully fended off byContinue Reading
Consciousness: how the brain chemical ‘dopamine’ plays a key role – new research
We know very little about the human brain. Orla/Shutterstock Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would after all be no science. But while we all know what it is like to be conscious – meaning that we have personal awareness and respond toContinue Reading
Many conservatives have a difficult relationship with science – we wanted to find out why
Многие научные открытия продолжают оспариваться политиками и частью общественности еще долгое время после достижения научного консенсуса. Например, почти треть американцев до сих пор не согласны с тем, что выбросы ископаемого топлива вызывают изменение климата, даже несмотря на то, что научное сообщество пришло к консенсусу, который они сделали несколько десятилетий назад.Continue Reading
Never have so many owed so much to just a few; I ‘Kid’ you not!
Oisin Murphy, dual Champion jockey, deserves due recognition in this column, which places great emphasis on horse-riding skills, following a fabulous first week of August, and his sensational blitz has nigh on sealed a a hat-trick for the Irishman who, as a lad of 17, first came to light tenContinue Reading
How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world
Illus Man/Shutterstock The world has become interconnected at a level we never before imagined possible. States, banking, communications, transport, tech and international development organisations have all embraced digital identification. The current conversation hinges on the need to speed up registrations to ensure that every person on this planet has theirContinue Reading
Emergency abdominal surgery: risks may mean it’s not the right choice for some older adults
Getting older can make surgery more hazardous. bluedog studio/ Shutterstock Almost a third of people undergo an operation in their last year of life, many for serious conditions like cancer or bowel obstruction. For some, these surgeries can lessen symptoms or prolong life. For others, choosing surgery means spending theirContinue Reading
Belarus: targeting of critics likely to intensify as Lukashenko expands his reach
Nearly one year after the presidential election that plunged Belarus into a crisis of political legitimacy, persecution of government critics and activists appears to be on the rise. Two recent incidents – a Belarusian Olympian refusing to return to Belarus from Tokyo, and the suspected murder of a Belarusian activistContinue Reading
Fans chant Messi’s name for 90 mins but Depay shows there is life after icon
BARCELONA proved there is life after Lionel Messi to win the Joan Gamper trophy following a dominant win over Juventus. The LaLiga giants bid goodbye to the legendary Argentine earlier on Sunday but the players still at the club gave the fans something to smile about. 4 Barcelona showed fansContinue Reading