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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Education that prepares children for the changes in the decades to come is vital, and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we unlock more secrets of the human brain we are slowly but surely getting…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The global airline industry is one of the world’s heaviest polluters, and new clean sources…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tens of millions of people a year go blind because of a lack of donor…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biology keeps surprising us, and scientists are finding amazing new ways to treat infertility and create…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In galactic terms Earth’s neighbourhood is huge, and we’re only just beginning to explore it….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI will play an increasingly central role in both government policy making and governing as…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology is showing us how ancient the concept of the traditional nation state is, and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of getting astronauts and cargo into space is still astronomical, a space elevator…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI, avatars and bots will play an increasingly central role in the future of education,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Even today’s cutting edge cybersecurity products have no defence against virus laden, weaponised neural networks….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The development of an AGI that can master tens, hundreds, and eventually thousands or millions…