Category: Technology

The UK’s Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is set to allocate £114 million ($147.5 million) towards upgrading its IT infrastructure, as part of broader reforms aimed at improving patient care and cybersecurity. This funding comes at a crucial time when the National Health Service (NHS) is undergoing significant structural changes. The DHSC’s IT […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries and fueling economic competitiveness, yet its growth and success hinge on three critical enablers: energy, semiconductor supply chains, and strategic investment. As AI continues to reshape the global business landscape, emerging startups must identify how to leverage these resources and position themselves for success. 1. Energy: A Critical Resource […]

In a recent interview, the 91-year-old Trinidadian artist John Lyons described painting as “an adventure in creative uncertainty. It is a way of existing in a world we still know very little about.” A similar perspective forms the central theme of entrepreneur Margaret Hefferman’s latest book, Embracing Uncertainty. This is a spiritual successor to her […]

“The art of tracking may well be the origin of science.” This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, co-founder of an organisation devoted to environmental monitoring. The connection between tracking in nature, as people have done since prehistory, and “western” science is of special interest to us as ichnologists. (Ichnology […]

The gender pay gap is a measure across all jobs in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), not of the difference in pay between males and females for doing the same job. UKRI’s mean gender pay gap (GPG) has narrowed by 0.6 percentage points since 2022.The figures show that in 2024, UKRI’s mean gender pay gap […]

Evan Feinman, the director of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, has been removed from his post by the Trump administration amid a broader review of the program. This move is part of a larger reassessment of the initiative, which aims to improve broadband access, particularly in underserved rural areas. The […]

Seregraff/Shutterstock A lot of dog owners believe that they can tell what their dogs are feeling. They believe that they can assess their dog’s emotions no matter the context. Yet newspapers frequently publish stories about dogs who attack “out of nowhere”, where owners claim there were “no signs” prior to the attack. A recent US […]

Seregraff/Shutterstock A lot of dog owners believe that they can tell what their dogs are feeling. They believe that they can assess their dog’s emotions no matter the context. Yet newspapers frequently publish stories about dogs who attack “out of nowhere”, where owners claim there were “no signs” prior to the attack. A recent US […]

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the Nasa astronauts who were stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months, have finally returned to Earth. Spacesuits were an important consideration that Nasa had to factor into its plans to bring the astronauts back home. Wilmore and Williams had travelled to the ISS in Boeing’s experimental […]

A significant security breach occurred at New York University (NYU) this past Saturday, as hackers infiltrated the university’s website, compromising the personal data of over 3 million applicants. The breach lasted for at least two hours and exposed sensitive information, including applicants’ names, test scores, chosen majors, financial details, zip codes, and family member information, […]