As an antidote to the short-sightedness too often engendered by the “we want it now” culture that has persisted for many decades, I think it is time to give more attention to the long-sightedness that...

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CenSegNet is an open-source AI platform created by researchers at the University of Southampton. It can analyse hundreds of thousands of cells in tumour samples with unprecedented speed and precision.

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Hansard record of the item : ' Extreme Heat: Preparedness' on Tuesday 14 July 2026.

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African political economy, foreign affairs, and general commentary. Click to read An Africanist Perspective, by Ken Opalo, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Every bureaucracy is eventually captured by its administrators, and the mission is what they sacrifice first.

Tell a government Minister to support caps on political donations and campaign spending.