
Canada’s AI strategy must reckon with the environmental implications of data centres
AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.

Writing prompts to generate images combines two literary tasks at once: the realist description of concrete things and the modernist evocation of atmosphere.

The Israeli prime minister faces an invidious choice in an election year: kowtow to a powerful ally, or risk displeasure at home by ending the war with Hezbollah.

The Virtual World of Stonehenge has been released to coincide with the summer solstice.

Different social realities lead to different forms of vaccine hesitancy.

Africa does not need another grand vision. It needs to treat the vision it already has as a discipline.

This is not the moment to call defeat. There is a chance we can stop this infectious virus, this time at least.

Offering hope and locality, the former mayor of Greater Manchester is odd-on to challenge the deeply unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the top job.

Australia’s World Cup is far from over. But after a timid performance in which both goalscorers from the previous game started on the bench, coach Tony Popovic needs to be bolder.

Marine species are increasingly battling intense storms and heatwaves – four experts explain why this matters.

This looks like the beginning of the end for Starmer – and the end of the beginning for Burnham.

Our picks this week include a history of how America came to love football, a book about freedom of speech, an adaptation of a Woolf book and two artistic takes on nature.