This chapter covers the advantages of AI in business platforms, critiques heavy-handed approaches to curbing violence in Latin America, and explores the impact of climate change on the Earth's rotation and timekeeping accuracy.
Ahead of a general election in July, we reflect on 14 years of Conservative rule. It’s not a great record, but will the prime minister be able to spin it on the campaign trail? Latin America is still being torn apart by some of the world’s worst gang violence. Why aren’t countermeasures working (10:26)? And how climate change is making our days ever so slightly longer (20:03).
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