
Robots can run faster than elite human sprinters, but are they really athletes?
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans do.
Independent Analysis and Reportage
Browse recent publishing across the configured Public content sources.

A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans do.

Ecuador’s ports, trade and strategic location connect South American cocaine production with consumers in Europe and North America.

Kenya’s health financing law change suggests conditions for reform can be strategically built.

Going circular doesn’t have to mean buying expensive technology. African manufacturers can innovate by learning from what already exists.

Herbarium cabinets lock away valuable plant data that needs to be mobilised through digitisation.

You can build resilience that will work with the changing rhythms in your life.

The Grand Mosque of Paris has stood for a century as a memorial to Muslim soldiers and a nuanced symbol of French colonialism.

Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.

As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives to housing are supporting communities left behind.

The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.

The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.

Khaosod English A Thai protest group submitted a letter outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok this week, urging Israeli tourists and residents in Thailand to respect the country’s laws, customs and culture. Tae Achiwa, a leader of the Thai Mai Thon — “Thais Won’t Tolerate It” — group, delivered the protest letter following complaints from