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VNCCII: Cosmic communities

6 Dec 2024 Samantha Tauber

What can VNCCII, the fictional intergalactic superheroine alter ego of Samantha Tauber, teach us about the creative communities that need nourishing today?

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Preserve and protect

18 Sep 2024 Liz Hansen

The Earth Defenders Toolkit empowers Indigenous communities at the frontlines of the climate crisis with digital tools to help preserve territory, culture and language.

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Save the the planet, eat the world

18 Sep 2024 Karina Montoya

From deforestation detection to disaster response, AI applications developed by Big Tech show promise — but at what cost to our environment, asks Karina Montoya.

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A century of innovation

18 Sep 2024 Joanna Choukeir

From its ‘Industrial Designs’ competition in 1924 to the Student Design Awards of 2024, the RSA has long celebrated innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges. Now enter RSA Spark.

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Counting breaths

18 Sep 2024 Andrea Polli

Environmental artist Andrea Polli creates artwork that gives stunning form to the air we breathe, the sounds we hear and the air that surrounds us all.

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Educators as curators in the age of AI

2 Sep 2024 Alex Soulsby

With artificial intelligence able to support individualised learning, educators should act as curators of knowledge – cultivating creativity, critical thinking and other competencies to help foster deeper and more meaningful connections with each student.

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AI: a transformative force in maternal healthcare

3 Jul 2024 Afifa Waheed

Artificial intelligence and robotics have huge potential to reduce maternal death rates and improve antenatal, neonatal and postnatal care for all mothers, and particularly those from low-income communities.

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Democracy in the age of AI

25 Jun 2024 Audrey Tang

Taiwan’s first Digital Minister, Audrey Tang, highlights the country’s approach to developing safe, sustainable and citizen-led AI as a model to revitalise global democracy.

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50 Famous Fellows

15 Mar 2024 Dan Matthews

RSA Fellows include globally renowned and historically significant individuals across all industries. Here, we cast a spotlight on just 50 of them, ranging from lions of the Enlightenment to contemporary campaigners for justice.

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A world without the RSA

14 Mar 2024 Anton Howes

The Society celebrates its 270th birthday on 22 March. But what if it had never been born?