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China’s $54bn capital boost for banks falls far short
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Over a quarter of young film actors in America have a parent in entertainment
A week with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we meet the CEO at the heart of the AI boom
How to cool buildings on the cheap
New paints promise to get rid of heat without using energy
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The search for consciousness inside AI
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Uganda after Yoweri Museveni
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Are teenagers growing dimmer?
The latest global school tests reveal shocking new declines
Stop turning schoolchildren into crash-test dummies
AI can help in classrooms but it needs to be treated with caution, says Andreas Schleicher, founder of the PISA test
‘Trust deficit’: Why India’s economic data has sparked a furore
India’s statistical system once commanded respect, and its data on economic and social indicators was considered rigorous – that appears to have eroded• Don’t get This is India delivered to...
How American universities get around the DEI backlash
Schools are relabelling offices faster than they are cutting them