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• Here's why animals behave strangely during lunar and solar eclipses

  For most animals, the structure of their day – and indeed their year – depends on the light-dark cycle. These regular and rhythmic cycles in the length of days tell animals when they should be foraging, when they should be asleep, when it’s time to migrate and when it’s time ...

  • The Conversation

• Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon?

  Many people who are old enough to have experienced the first moon landing will vividly remember what it was like watching Neil Armstrong utter his famous quote: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”. Half a century later, the event is still one of the ...

  • The Conversation

• CRISPR is less like molecular scissors and more like molecular malware

  Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a great piece – well researched, beautifully written, factually accurate. It covered some of the amazing projects scientist are working on using CRISPR, like bringing animals back ...

  • The Conversation

• Here's how algorithms can protect us against deepfakes

  Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to manipulate financial markets or to destabilize international relations, videos depicting people doing and saying things they never did or said ...

  • The Conversation

• We can thank the Apollo moon missions for these widely used technologies

  NASA’s Apollo programme was one of the most challenging technological achievements in the 20th century. Beyond the space race and exploration, it contributed to several inventions and innovations that are still having an impact on our lives. But at the same time, there are several ...

  • The Conversation

• This 'factory of factories' helps hardware start-ups solve real problems in Kenya

  [NAIROBI] Esther Mwangi, a 2014 graduate of economics from Kenyatta University in Kenya who wanted to venture into entrepreneurship but had no clear path, started off selling solar panels in coastal parts of the country as she conducted market research on other possible ventures. “I ...

  • Gilbert Nakweya

• Black Mirror's 'Striking Vipers' episode is a surprisingly refreshing depiction of future sex

  This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between sex and technology in a non-explicit, as close to a ‘safe for work’ way as possible – including app reviews, adult VR info, sextech devices, privacy, security ...

  • SEXTECHGUIDE

• How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse

  At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart phones wake us up, to our watch tracking our morning run, every time we use public transport, every coffee we purchase with a bank card, every song skipped or ...

  • The Conversation

• Robots for the elderly must be designed with care and respect

  Many countries around the world have ageing populations and a growing prevalence of dementia. Japan, in particular, is a ...

  • The Conversation

• Humans and AI will work better when they start learning from each other

  In the age of big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement ...

  • Zona Kostic

• Here's how gamification can help your business understand your users

  Today’s operations require more comprehensive stores of information, most of which deals expressly in the human behavior ...

  • Nathan Skyes

• Research: The best way to stop the spread of fake photos is education

  It can be hard to tell whether a picture is real. Consider, as the participants in our recent research did, these two images ...

  • The Conversation