2017 February

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With more coral bleaching events becoming more common, and increasingly severe, conservations are struggling to…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to age people accurately is one of the cornerstone abilities that can help…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Up until recently it hasn’t been possible to directly compare the performance of two or…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Compared to the sterile environment of a lab, for an artificial intelligence the internet must…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Facebooks human operators can’t police everything on the network fast enough, so Zuckerberg is prioritising…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way we use and interact with devices is changing, increasingly we’ll be using our…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A new, bolstered, space satellite system to keep watch over the world, it’s the equivalent…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New research suggests humans have a maximum biological age, and that living longer will only…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Taking a photo of a Black Hole was always thought to be impossible, until now…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A large part of China is arid, with serious implications on the people’s livelihoods and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Arctic is melting at its fastest rate ever, and with temperatures 20C above normal…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Soon there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans, but hopefully up-cycling ocean…