science and technology

With rising fees for research journals, India is pressing ahead with a nation-wide subscription to allow more people to access science.

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Attempts to more fairly share scientific knowledge have had the opposite effect in Africa. But a new initiative is bringing true equity.

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Researchers can’t progress their work without access to very expensive scientific journals. The rebellion against the publishers and their fees has begun.

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New cities should not be built to cater for robots and technology; instead robots must adapt to live with humans in existing cities.

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The lines of ethical principles are often blurred when it comes to embracing ubiquitous machines.

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As climate change enters uncharted territory, we will need all the skills of the past, and some from the future, to keep feeding the world.

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Even mismatched vaccines could confer some immunity against related coronaviruses. To prepare for the next pandemic, the world could build a vaccine library.

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Brain-machine interfaces can decipher thoughts and help give some coma survivors a voice. But first we must ensure they’re responsive.

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Tapping into someone’s thoughts may soon be technologically possible. Our institutions are ill-equipped to deal with the resulting human rights violations.

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360info is looking into how far brain-machine interface research has come and what is currently at the forefront of science and technology.

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AI could mean early intervention for dementia but raises ethical issues about patient privacy.

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