Change is constant. Discover everything you need to know this week, from net neutrality to twin solar systems and education in Finland.
10 reasons you need to pick up an Inspirefest 2018 ticket now
Volunteer Eunice OreOluwa Fasan at Inspirefest 2017. Image: Conor McCabe Photography
You only have until 24 December to pick up a Super Early Bird ticket to Inspirefest 2018. Here’s why you won’t want to miss out.
Inside a Finnish school: What Finland can teach the world about education
Kirsi Haapamäki from Mightifier (in grey top) and a typical class at Kalastama Elementary School, Helsinki. Image: John Kennedy
What is the secret to the success of the Finnish education system? John Kennedy discovers that the answer lies in diversity, inclusion and equality.
Net neutrality neutered: Make way for internet fast and slow lanes
Protester outside a Verizon Wireless store in defence of net neutrality. Image: Cyrene Krey/Shutterstock
FCC chair Ajit Pai gets the decision he craved and is now making way for a multi-lane internet.
NASA announces discovery of solar system’s ‘twin’ in distant space
Image: Andrus Ciprian/Shutterstock
With the help of artificial intelligence, NASA has announced the discovery of another solar system equal in the number of planets to our own.
Deaf astronomers finally have a multilingual dictionary for space terms
The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Image: Y Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
Deaf astronomers around the world are jubilant as the publication of a multilingual dictionary for astronomical terms is announced.
How can we fix the leaky pipeline and keep women in STEM?
Image: Royal Irish Academy
A new report from the Royal Irish Academy has made recommendations to improve the retention of women in engineering and computing in Ireland. Dr Claire O’Connell reports.
Empire strikes Fox: Disney is now guardian to a galaxy of content
Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Image: Lucasfilm/Disney
Fox deal gives Disney considerable leverage over the global content industry.
AI breakthrough helps us get one step closer to nuclear fusion success
Model of a working nuclear fusion reactor. Image: Cholpan/Shutterstock
As we edge closer and closer to a working nuclear fusion reactor, a new breakthrough in AI could send us over the tipping point.
UN report warns of the mounting volume of electronic waste
Electronic waste. Image: Natalia Ramirez Roman/Shutterstock
Our discarded electronics pose a serious threat to our planet and our health.
Spotify and Deezer urge EU to tackle tech gatekeepers
Spotify app on mobile. Image: Pe3k/Shutterstock
Music streaming companies are concerned that Apple could gain an unfair hold over the flourishing market.