New tools help communities measure and reduce their emissions locally

Feb 16, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The slogan What you can measure, you can manage has become a guiding principle for local climate action. Theres an accounting standard made for this purpose: the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission...

Designing artificial brains can help us learn more about real ones

Feb 16, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Despite billions of dollars spent and decades of research, computation in the human brain remains largely a mystery. Meanwhile, we have made great strides in the development of artificial neural networks, which are...

A connected world makes this coronavirus scarier, but also helps us deal with it

Feb 15, 2020 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health

The health implications of the Wuhan coronavirus (now called Covid-19) outbreak are, obviously, deeply concerning. At the time of writing, it had infected more than 50,000 people and killed more than 1,300. Cities and...

There's no evidence the new coronavirus spreads through the air – but it's still possible

Feb 15, 2020 07:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

A recent announcement by a Chinese health official suggested the new coronavirus might spread more easily than we thought, via an airborne route. The virus is now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Key Driving Forces of Bitcoin And Hedging Strategy

Feb 13, 2020 08:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Is crypto bulls back in 2020? For those who are risk averse and obsessed to say too early to conclude that, the early signs are only good. However, we listed out some significant factors that drive further trend direction...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Kraken Announces Electronic OTC Desk

Feb 13, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Kraken hasannouncedto introduce RFQ which is an the automated Request For Quote platform,the Kraken OTC Desk appears to be striving hard to further improvisation of already industry-leading white-glove service. With...

Deepfakes: five ways in which they are brilliant business opportunities

Feb 13, 2020 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida presses a doorbell beside a dark life-sized screen. A darkened figure wearing a dapper suit and sporting a pencil moustache slowly leaves his easel and comes...