Three astronauts took off for China’s new space station in the country’s longest crewed mission on Thursday.
Astrophysicist Dr Megan Argo, told BBC World News the mission would involve checking out the systems on-board the core module and getting the space station ready for habitation and the next phases of construction.
There is a “tradition” of racism in the British press, Joseph Harker, deputy opinion editor at the Guardian has said. Mr Harker, who is also a former publisher and editor of Black Britain told BBC World News it was a “laughable claim” to suggest the press was not racist in the UK. “You can look…
Countries are currently dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as a national rather than international issue, Dr David Nabarro, a special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organization told BBC World News While a country looking after their own people’s interest is fine and it is what politicians are elected to do, you cannot deal…
Ford Mobility and Vivacity Labs are using sensors in cars and on lampposts to track dangerous traffic hotspots with the aim of making roads safer. Drivers taking part in the project have their speed, acceleration, rate and harshness of breaking and steering measured to see how they react along a route. The system also predicts…
A survey of 15 countries has shown that anxieties about side effects and uncertainties around safety are the main reasons for coronavirus vaccine hesitancy. Imperial College London’s Melanie Leis, who co-led the project, told BBC World News that in the vast majority of countries surveyed more than 50% of the population had trust in the…
A robotic art installation inspired by traditional Japanese Zen gardens has been paying homage to athletes competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Constant Gardeners project looks at footage from different sports and then uses an algorithm to create an artistic representation of athletes’ movements. BBC Click’s Paul Carter reports. See more at Click’s…
Artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, Joy Buolamwini, has spent the last four years raising awareness of the social implications and possible harm of the technology. Inspired by her own experiences of facial recognition tech she founded the Algorithmic Justice League and recently became the star of the Netflix documentary Coded Bias. BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly finds…
