Behind the superficial froth of the UK election campaign, the competing parties are offering fundamentally different visions of the economy, who controls it and who benefits from it. The Conservatives and, to some extent, the Liberal Democrats, despite their differences on Brexit, offer versions of the status quo, with an economy dominated and driven by […]
Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people in response to recent protests over gasoline price hikes, a senior U.S. State Department official said on December 5. “As the truth is trickling out of Iran, it appears the regime could have murdered over a thousand Iranian citizens since the protests began,” Brian Hook, […]
The BBC has promised a more “authentic and distinctive” representation of disabled people on screen. The corporation has announced a string of new shows and said there will be an “enhanced portrayal in existing programmes”. New commissions include a “deeply personal film” from BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner. The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker will tackle […]
Issued on: 02/12/2019 – 12:13Modified: 02/12/2019 – 12:13 President Emmanuel Macron on Monday paid tribute to the “sacrifice” of 13 soldiers killed in a helicopter collision while battling jihadists in Mali, a disaster that has prompted fresh questioning of the costs of France’s six-year campaign in West Africa. Advertising Read more The soldiers died when […]
By Clare Wilson Brain activity may be different in people who have suicidal thoughtsThom Lang/Alamy Stock Photo People who are suicidal seem to have unusual patterns of brain activity. The differences aren’t big enough to identify people who may try to kill themselves. “But we hope it will provide us with more information about what […]
At least 22 people, including 15 civilians, have been killed in the past 24 hours in two different incidents in Afghanistan’s north, officials say. In the province of Kunduz, 15 people, including eight children, were killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside mine on November 27. The victims were traveling to […]
By Matthew North AI is learning to read brain wavesmonsitj/iStock/Getty Images Artificial intelligence is getting better at reading your mind. An AI could guess what videos people were watching purely from their brainwaves. Grigory Rashkov at Russian research firm Neurobotics and colleagues trained an AI using video clips of different objects and brainwave recordings of […]
By Donna Lu We spread fake stories even though we can detect themThomas Trutschel/Getty The spread of fake news on social media has been a problem for years. But there may be a simple solution to stop people sharing inaccurate information. Gordon Pennycook at the University of Regina in Canada and colleagues have found that […]
By Michael Marshall We can now work out how old bones are just using DNAEsben Klinker Hansen / Alamy Stock Photo It is now possible to determine when an ancient human was alive by examining their DNA. The new technique could reveal the ages of bones that can’t be carbon dated. “This is a huge […]
Most people know Sheree Fitch as a children’s writer with a colourful, whimsical imagination, but her latest book is born of a very different sentiment. It’s a memoir about her grief after the death of her son Dustin last year. “I’m used to doing [Kiss the Joy as it Flies], Mabel Murple and Toes In […]