Technology

Using big data techniques to analyse archives

A third of the human brain is devoted solely to making sense of what we see, so it's not surprising that graphs...

AI processes should be explainable to avoid repeating past human mistakes

The behaviour dubbed 'phubbing' is eroding relationships and basic fundamental needs. Here's how...

AI can encode human biases, with implications for how we handle the pandemic

Cheaper, lighter, and more energy-dense: the future of batteries?

On the deck of the Bliss, beyond the reach of cellphone coverage, I sailed into my life before the Internet...

How does an electric vehicle battery actually work?

The NHS contact tracing app has arrived, and is causing controversy...

If you knew you were going to be on dialysis in four years time, would you do something about it?

A Naked Scientists intern turned DNA sleuth updates us on where she's got to...

This is the first question I get whenever I mention what I’ve been up to for the past two months...

What it is inclusive design, why do we need it, and how can it make computers more accessible?

The team get inside the industry, and hear about and test-drive the latest top video games releases...

Data science; a profession, a discipline? But what actually is it

Using spin to push the bounds of electronic devices

Shoppers ‘can’t afford’ energy efficient cars, homes - researchers...

Why eschewing tech may be good for mental well-being...

Is our reality a computer simulation?

Your ideas will create the materials of the future...

Could 5G democratise telecoms?

The modern-day equivalent of a scale pan for molecules

Could drawing on the properties of quantum behaviour provide a route to truly secure cryptography?

The same systems that are fanning the flames of fake news can also help to combat it...