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Inequality kills

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The Dutch way of going circular

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Retroscope 2019: Technological cycle

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Gut feeling and the future of nutrigenomics

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Horror in times of uncertainty

Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?

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E-sports on steroids

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The age of digital mega-ecosystems

Digital ecosystems have the potential to address consumer needs, but obstacles still exist in their implementation.

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How to make the transition to a sustainable everyday life

Has the time come for personal carbon footprint calculators?

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The virtual of virtual reality

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Limits to facial recognition

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The quiet Russian Resurgence

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Indian innovation

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Revolutionaries between UFOs and raids

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The European Green Deal

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Every bit has a price

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The elemental evolution of media

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Will hiding the like button help Facebook?

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Computers need a language for causal reasoning

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Reinventing urban waterways

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Looking for the long term

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China’s digital platforms as a regional standard

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Biohacking diets

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How China sees Hong Kong

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Building bridges to the crypto space

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The rise of the Asian Aerotropolis

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Online language is better language

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Apple’s silent transition into the next computing paradigm

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The European Stack is taking shape

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Multilateralism and the decline of the U.S. hegemony

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Worker rights, a new frontier for reducing U.S. inequality?

What is Russia's view on climate change?

Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.

The energy transition is not a hobby

With the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, we have to face the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels poses a structural problem.

Autocracy and the End of History

Is the ideological confrontation between the liberal-democratic and autocratic world order on its way to becoming the global political issue of our century?

Russian digitalization through a Cosmist lens

To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.

Russia’s strategic exploitation of the Arctic

A long-standing resource-dependent economy, a melting Arctic, and technical capabilities have thrown the Arctic into the spotlight for Russia’s upcoming economic strategy.

A cultural cluster bomb

What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?

According to the IPCC, we are failing

The IPCC urges us to rethink our climate adaptation and mitigation plans. Can we still be on time to stop the climate from changing?

Dominating the first TikTok war

How the selfie-president and TikTok videos are helping Ukraine dominate social media

Who pays the price for a resilient economy?

Europe is trying to develop a resilient economy that is less reliant on others. Yet, are we willing to the pay the price for our independence?

How will the pandemic affect the future of edtech?

The pandemic has ensured the implementation of edtech in school systems. Will pedagogical or technological aspects be prioritized?