Perspective

The coronavirus outbreak has strained resources in China, revealing fault lines in the country's healthcare system and internal regional rivalries. While researchers are months and possibly years away from a vaccine, bureaucrats are scrambling. In Perspective, we spoke to Dorian Malovic, the Asia editor at France's La Croix newspaper.

In this edition of Perspective, we speak to computational scientist Aurélie Jean. She explains what algorithms are, their history and their future. In an era of fake news and election meddling, is digital technology outpacing not just regulation, but democracy and ethics?