IT helps the environment and science

Digital technology is now a major part of education. Even the smallest schools are stuffed full of digital devices, display screens and projectors. Anything that can be digitized is stored online. …

What if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? Will Marshall and his team at Planet use the world's largest fleet of satellites to image the entire Earth every day. Now they're moving on to a new project: using AI to index all the objects on the planet over time -- which could make ships, trees, houses and everything else on Earth searchable, the same way you search Google. He shares a vision for how this database can become a living record of the immense physical changes happening across the globe. "You can't fix what you can't see," Marshall says. "We want to give people the tools to see change and take action."

Smart, digital bins are being used to cut food waste and save money in commercial kitchens.

The Guide to Greener Electronics is an analysis of what 17 of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies are doing to address their environmental impacts, and where Greenpeace thinks work still needs to be done.

Not all cyber-attacks are about theft, some seek to undermine the trust placed in data and documents.

Europe's medium-range weather forecasts will cease to be constructed in the UK from 2020.

Guiyu, the Chinese town that rocketed to infamy as one of the world’s biggest electronics graveyards, was suddenly clean. How this change happened is a story that spans decades and internatio…

18 satellites in orbit, more to come

The DelFly is a flying robot inspired by how insects achieve flight.

Data science professionals are increasingly in demand. To meet it, those in the workforce are going to need to reboot their education.

Poker expert Martin Sturc may have finally met his match: a computer program called DeepStack.

A swarm of earthquakes somewhere in Auckland is expected to be the first warning of the birth of a new volcano in the region - a catastrophe that could destroy an area 5km wide with - New Zealand Herald

Amount of electronic waste up 63% in five years, with China’s more than doubling, United Nations University report finds