With the recent launch of Tesla’s robotaxis, the safety of self-driving cars has been called into question once again. Despite research suggesting that autonomous vehicles can be safer than human-driven cars, these new Tesla taxis highlight the limitations of driverless vehicles. After Tesla’s robotaxis were tested in Austin, Texas on...
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It feels an age ago when China splurged what seemed limitless amounts of money into their Super League. Players like Hulk and Oscar bewitched by promises of money and being part of this project to bring Chinese football on par with Europe. There were many parallels between what Saudi Arabia...
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When Hitman launched in 2016, its slogan was “Enter a world of assassination”. It sums up the game perfectly. But few expected it to become one of the most critically acclaimed trilogies in modern gaming. However, at the time, its developer, IO Interactive (IOI), was on the brink of collapse....
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The curtain has risen, and I’ve already lost my breath. The opening scene of auteur director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Evita at the London Palladium billows with smoke and passion. Hooded mourners, a disgruntled Che (Diego Andres Rodriguez), stone steps lined with floodlights, and a life-size neon EVITA sign set...
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The Education Committee has opened an inquiry into the precarious fiscal situation of the UK’s higher education institutions. Following the release of a troubling report by the Office for Students, outlining the ill health of the sector’s finances and a growing inability to depend on income from international students (as...
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Rhia Shah discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his radical conspiracies and his much needed reforms for tackling US food policy.
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Chief Executive Monica Fogarty has vetoed the removal of the Progress Pride Flag flown above Warwickshire County Council, after 18-year-old interim Reform council leader George Finch petitioned for its removal. Fogarty claimed that decisions such as these were within her remit as Chief Executive, and denied Reform’s request to take...
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Human genome synthesis was once considered a pipe dream; the ethical considerations, cost, and lack of technology were substantial barriers. Now, following a £10 million initial investment from the world’s leading medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, a gateway has been opened to foster a new era of synthetic biology via...
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Warwickshire County Council has seen reported complaints about its services fall steeply in the past year, thanks to a new complaints process and better staff training. In its annual customer feedback report published on 1 July, the council documented a 43% overall decrease in complaints over the last 12 months,...
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Caroline Lucas, Ed Miliband, and Theresa May – and to a lesser extent, Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson, and David Cameron – are all (somewhat) defensible answers to the question, which British politician has contributed most to the environmentalist movement? Many of these options highlight the typical tension between rhetoric and action,...
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D'arcy Coffey discusses whether 'Mickey Mouse' degrees should be banned, and if there are any more attractive alternatives.
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When I go on my travels, it is difficult not to go to a place that doesn’t seem to have connections to home. Whether it is going to Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and the first thing you see is a McDonald’s and a KFC, or going to Tromsø — one...
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Staff from the University of Warwick attended a webinar which coached universities on how to secure sweeping protest bans on their campuses, an investigation by Liberty Investigates and The Guardian has revealed. Documents obtained as part of the investigation show that Warwick staff attended the webinar, which took place last...
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