As the threat of a Covid-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa. However, the apocalyptic predictions were simply wrong.
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Changing any big industry to speed its processes up is going to be difficult. But there are signs that substantial changes are underway – and they may be here to stay.
Most people consistently use the same hand to do tasks that require skill and control such as writing or threading a needle. Science is still struggling to figure out why.
A promising new family of materials known as halide perovskites – semiconductors that conduct charges when stimulated with light – could have a transformative impact on the global energy market.
Despite its superficially frivolous nature, young people have been using TikTok to send political messages, coordinate political actions and hang out in an online space largely free of adults.
Most people have heard of Nikola Tesla, thanks, perhaps in part, to the electric car company founded by Elon Musk that took his name. But few know much about his remarkable place in modern technology.
Elon Musk thinks Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. That may be wishful thinking.
Individualistic Western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires or joys better than we do. Artificial intelligence will change this.
Internet shutdowns have impeded the right to development and posed threats to democratic development in Africa.
Lithium was the only metal produced in the Big Bang that created the universe. We know it is mined here on Earth, but where it is created in the universe is less well understood.