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2016, the year that was: Environment + Energy

  • Written by: Michael Hopkin, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
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If 2015 ended on a note of hope, with the successful conclusion of the Paris climate talks, the overriding impression of 2016 is that last year’s optimism has been answered with a large reality check.

The Paris Agreement was meant to herald a year in which politicians would finally cut through the stalemate and start saving the planet....

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The year of the #techfail: All of tech gets a prize as reality bites

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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2016 has been a watershed year for technology. There has been some spectacular fails that have brought a more realistic perspective to the fundamental belief that technology improves with time. In part, this is because we have now pushed hardware and software to its limits, and certainly beyond our ability to guarantee that it...

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  25. Women are funnier than men, on these pages at least
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