UK plans to become AI powerhouse with £31million investment in University of Southampton-led project
The UK could become a world powerhouse for the development of responsible artificial intelligence after £31million was awarded to launch a new consortium led by the University of Southampton.
Free NHS coronavirus tests available to all King’s students and staff
Anyone can be a carrier of the COVID-19 virus without experiencing any symptoms and taking a Lateral Flow test is a quick and rapid way to detect the virus without...
Missing Titanic sub: what could have gone wrong?
Professor Stefan Williams from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics explains how submersibles work, how they communicate and what might have gone wrong for the Titan, the crewed submersible vessel which has gone missing near the Titanic shipwreck.
“Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs” wins Cundill History Prize
Camilla Townsend receives US$75,000 – the largest reward for a work of non-fiction in English – for the first-ever history based solely on texts written by the Aztec people.
Interactive exhibition InSomnolence shows sleep is more social than it seems
From an artist’s attempt to tame troubled sleep with AI, to sounds and objects as artifacts of other people’s dream, to a radio station that transforms the dread of insomnia into curiosity and collective listening...
Funding success for Greater Bay joint lab in big data
The Greater Bay Area Joint Laboratory of Big Data Imaging and Communications (Joint Lab) has been established by the Department of Electrical Engineering and...
Two-faced star exposed in first for astronomy
In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-our cores of dead stars, astronomers from institutions including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Warwick have discovered that at least one member of this cosmic family is two faced.
Cutbacks to Classics a Retrograde Step
Following the Ministry of Education's recent decision to remove Classics from NCEA Level 1, UC Associate Professor Patrick O'Sullivan discusses why this change will take away an opportunity...
Change in access to fast food linked to health
Living close to fast-food outlets may be bad for your waistline, while living closer to a supermarket may be slightly better for your health, a new University of Canterbury study suggests.
Wait over for class of 2020 as first round offers made
Monash University has today sent 9,458 first round undergraduate offers to students in 165 courses across its four Victorian campuses.
