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A participant in the pedestrian simulator at the University of Leeds. Credit: University of Leeds Algorithms that accurately reflect the behavior of road users—vital for the safe roll out of driverless vehicles—are still not available, warn scientists. They say there is "formidable complexity" in…

Andrea Román Alfaro. Credit: University of Toronto Mississauga In Canada, research shows Indigenous women are 400% more likely than other Canadians to go missing. The problem is so pervasive that the Canadian government does not know how many Indigenous women are missing or have been murdered. Estimates suggest that around 4,000…

At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, China's strict "zero-Covid" policies managed to keep Covid-19 at bay. More than two years later, the country's ongoing controls are still weighing down its economy and stalling global supply chains."Zero-Covid has become one of the select drivers of global recession," Steve Morrison, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told CNBC in an interview.Major trade hubs such as Shanghai and Beijing, after responding to waves of omicron-driven…