Not so Fringe: interactive children’s theatre takes centre stage
Interactive children's theatre engages childrens' innate creative impulses and encourages them to be curious and playful. Image by Kristian Laemmie-Ruff...
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South Africa’s president needs to show more urgency in stopping rogue spies
The office responsible for surveillance uses equipment that's outdated and ineffective. shutterstockThe parliament of South Africa’s oversight committee on intelligence...
From the pyramids to Apollo 11 – can AI ever rival human creativity?
Wonders of the world. Sam valadi/Flickr, CC BY-SAThe European Patent Office recently turned down an application for a patent that...
Upheaval at Google signals pushback against biased algorithms and unaccountable AI
TechCrunch, CC BY-SAArtificial intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In the form of machine learning tools...
Facebook’s push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles
Facebook's initiative places the company in a complicated situation, as increased user privacy, while positive, could come with potential impunity...
Like songs, the best graphs tell stories. Here are my 10 favourites from 2021
sheetmusicdirect“One of the first things you have to decide on with a musical is why should there be songs.” The...
Cellphone data shows that people navigate by keeping their destinations in front of them – even when that’s not the most efficient route
People navigate cities in much the same way animals navigate their environments. Max Böhme/UnsplashThink of your morning walk to work,...
Robots are coming for the lawyers – which may be bad for tomorrow’s attorneys but great for anyone in need of cheap legal assistance
Sign on the dotted line. AndreyPopov/iStock via Getty ImagesImagine what a lawyer does on a given day: researching cases, drafting...
Bringing the metaverse to life: how I built a virtual reality for my students — and what I’ve learnt along the way
Author providedWe’ve been hearing a lot recently about the metaverse – a vision for the internet which uses technology like...
Four times Shakespeare has inspired stories about robots and AI
Milos Kojadinovic/Alamy Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So...
