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Ofcom will regulate streaming platforms to ‘protect audiences’ from ‘harmful material’ The UK Government will give the country’s media watchdog, Ofcom, the power to draft and enforce a new video-on-demand code. The code will aim to set standards for “larger TV-like services” such as Netflix, ITV Hub and Now TV to level the rules with […]

Book review: ‘Out of Touch’ by Michelle Drouin How do we survive an ‘intimacy famine’? This is Michelle Drouin’s central question in ‘Out of Touch’ https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/out-touch (MIT Press, £22.50, ISBN 9780262046671), a short, intensely readable book that spans topics such as marriage, pandemic isolation, and ageing. The ground it covers is well worn and, though […]

Satellite data used to create 3D images of Earth, detecting natural disasters The Planetscope satellite constellation, operated by the satellite data company Planet collects weekly and sometimes even daily images of the entire globe. Its fleet of Cubesats, or miniature satellites, has about 1,700 images of every location on Earth. The data the constellation captures […]

E-scooter accidents rocketed from 2020 to 2021 – NHS Ambulance Trust figures Major Trauma Group (MTG) submitted a mass Freedom of Information request to the Trusts which showed that 713 e-scooter related accidents were attended by NHS ambulance vehicles during 2021 – a sizeable leap from the previous year’s figure of 392. The data also […]

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Scientists discover ‘revolutionary’ one-way superconductor The research team, led by associate professor Mazhar Ali, has found a way to enable one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was thought to be impossible ever since its discovery in 1911 – until today. The findings, published in Nature, make use of 2D quantum materials and pave the […]

AI assists early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s signs Alzheimer’s disease is the main cause of dementia worldwide. Although there is no cure, early detection is considered crucial for being able to develop effective treatments that act before its progress is irreversible. Mild cognitive impairment is a phase that precedes the disease, but not everyone who suffers […]