Your next car may well be driven entirely by a computer. And, while these “robot cars” might sometimes have trouble talking to each other, they will generally lead to shorter journey times and lower emissions. But this in turn could encourage people to move to the countryside – and become the driver for yet more urban sprawl. Autonomous vehicles have many benefits, says Timothy Hodgetts, but they may be bad news for nature conservation.

From our international partners we bring you coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Nina Lam at Louisiana State University warns that inland developments have left people who thought they were not vulnerable exposed to severe flooding.

According to the latest tally of movie star salaries from Forbes magazine, Mark Wahlberg was the highest-paid Hollywood actor, grossing US$68m. But what is remarkable about Forbes’ list is that the highest paid female star, Emma Stone came in at 15th in the list and was paid US$42m less than Wahlberg. Deborah Dean has spent 15 years analysing the gender pay gap and explains the absurd discrepancy.

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