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As Donald Trump tries yet again to force Vladimir Putin closer to some kind of peace negotiation, one strong bargaining chip is the unexpected power of Ukraine’s drone campaign. New research shows these drone attacks have had
a far-reaching impact, forcing Russia to move its air defences, stoking fuel price rises and costing Moscow around US$700 million in just a few months.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s calls for a ceasefire are now underpinned by this added threat Ukraine is able to pose – something Putin would not have predicted at the beginning of the war.
There are a growing number of Jesus chatbots appearing on the web for users who want to explore Christianity. But what are the chatbot services’ motives for pretending to be the son of God? Philosophy scholar Anné H. Verhoef decided to find out by chatting with five of the world’s best known AI Jesus bots. He’s left with some serious questions about the challenges technology is posing for religion.
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
There are signs the US president is prepared to follow through on his threats of sanctioning Russia and arming Ukraine.
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Marcel Plichta, University of St Andrews
New research suggests that even small countries can enact large amounts of damage using drone attacks, so countries will need to reassess their military defenses.
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Deborah Dunn-Walters, University of Surrey
Viruses mutate all the time. Vaccines don’t cause this – they help filter which strains survive.
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Anand Kumar, University of Illinois Chicago; Jalees Rehman, University of Illinois Chicago
A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental therapeutics outside the realm of infectious diseases.
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Ola Anabtawi, An-Najah National University; Berta Valente, Universidade do Porto
Starvation causes both physiological and psychological stress.
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Tom Harper, University of East London
China’s advanced military weaponry is now being purchased by other nations.
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Robert J. Gordon, University of the Free State
Germany’s genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama has been well documented, but the massacre of the Bushmen from 1912 to 1915 is seldom discussed.
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Anné H. Verhoef, North-West University
What would Jesus do? Chatbots generated by artificial intelligence bring a new kind of challenge to religion.
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Neil Glasser, Aberystwyth University
One of Patagonia’s few stable glaciers is now on the verge of collapse – new study.
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