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Health

A biased algorithm is delaying healthcare for black people in the US

A healthcare algorithm widely used in the US typically recommends prioritising the needs of healthier white people over those of sicker black people

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The internet was supposed to be a utopia. 50 years on, what happened?

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The internet was supposed to be a utopia. 50 years on, what happened?

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Internet founder Vint Cerf looks to the next 50 years of his creation

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Internet founder Vint Cerf looks to the next 50 years of his creation

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The greatest network the world has ever seen: The global internet map

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The greatest network the world has ever seen: The global internet map

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Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

Technology

Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

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High angle view of a male worker standing atop a wind turbine at dusk wearing protective work clothes and safety hardhat inspecting machinery

Environment

US green economy has 10 times more jobs than the fossil fuel industry

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Live: UK's first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man

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Live: UK's first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man

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Trevor Paglen exhibition highlights how prejudice is tainting AI

Culture

City simulations

Technology

AI can predict your future behaviour with powerful new simulations

Features

Screen time: How smartphones really affect our bodies and brains

Technology

Screen time: How smartphones really affect our bodies and brains

If you believe the headlines, screens are supposed to warp our skeletons, damage our mental health and alienate us from our families. But the evidence paints a more nuanced picture

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Technology

Real-life Iron Man on what it's like to fly a Jet Suit

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Health

AI is learning to diagnose schizophrenia from a smartphone video

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Climate change: Is capitalism the problem or the solution?

Culture

Technology

Guilt-free online shopping is possible if we reinvent home delivery

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