How AI ‘guardrails’ can help clean up a messy market
A new safety standard and proposed guardrails for high-risk AI are a good start toward clearing up confusion around the latest technology writes Nicholas Davis.
Stanford-led study highlights the importance of letting kids take the lead
Parents today often look for teachable moments – and opportunities abound. When reading a book with a child, for example, it might mean discussing story plots with him.
Bournemouth students gather up awards at national design show
Five Product Design students from Bournemouth University have won nine awards between them at the New Designers 2022 show in London.
The strange mechanics of pregnancy in one Australian shark
Biologists have long been fascinated by reproductive diversity in sharks, but haven't yet figured out why some sharks have placentas and others don't.
Graduate entrepreneurs release period cup cleaning case
Bristol graduates who won funding from the University to launch their startup have today released their portable period cup cleaning and sterilisation case.
Massey launches offshore learning centre with Hainan University
Massey University and Hainan University are launching a dedicated learning centre for Massey students who remain in China due to the temporary closure of borders due to COVID-19.
Maps will show how climate change may reshape world population by 2100
Experts are developing maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of earth’s population by the end of the century.
Heriot-Watt spinout brings home sustainable business award
Heriot-Watt spinout company Kenoteq, inventor of a brick made from more than 90% construction waste material, received the Circular Scotland Award at the VIBES Awards last week.
WFU Hackathon to explore blockchain’s potential in tracking art objects
In 2005, hundreds of earthenware pots and other pre-Columbian artifacts from ancient West Mexico became part of the collections of Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology.
Chimpanzee drumming shares the building blocks of human musicality
A study co-led by the University of St Andrews has shown that wild chimpanzees drum with rhythm, and that chimpanzee drumming shares some rhythmic properties with human music.
