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As tempting as it sounds, Singapore’s initiative to curb online misinformation could stop public-interest journalism and stifle academic discourse, says Donna Lu Technology | Comment 29 May 2019 Josie FordBy Donna Lu HOW do you fight fake news? You could impose more stringent regulation on big tech companies, as the European Union has attempted to…

Health tech firms believe that women are a lucrative and untapped market, but are these products worth the privacy costs? Technology 29 May 2019 Apps and devices can help to monitor pregnancyShutterstock By Donna LuWOMEN’S health is going digital. The past few years have seen an upsurge in female health technology products and services. But…

Putting people in their place | Discussions of population’s impact on Earth have been off limits, but scientists and conservationists are challenging the taboo and politicians must do the same Environment | Comment 22 May 2019 Ferran Traite/GettyBy Graham Lawton ONE occupational hazard of writing about the environment is readers criticising my failure to mention the…

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Phanie / Alamy Stock PhotoBy Chelsea Whyte A battle between billionaires over the control of country club tennis courts six years ago could shape the future of genetic privacy. That is what a rapt audience attending a conference at Harvard Law School was told on 17 May. We had gathered there to discuss the ethical and…

Marco Langbroek, Leiden, The NetherlandsBy Donna Lu SKYGAZERS had an unusual view last week: a string of bright objects moving across the night sky, as seen in this image captured by Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands. The orbiting objects are Starlink satellites, produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and launched two days earlier. The 60 satellites are the…

Environment | Analysis 28 May 2019 Philippe Lamberts and Ska Keller, co-leaders of Europe’s green blocTOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty By Jacob AronThe European Parliament elections last weekend saw a collapse in support for traditional centrist parties, while that for populists and greens grew. For the first time ever, the centre-right European People’s Party and centre-left Progressive Alliance…