Iran is celebrating 40 years since the 1979 revolution that saw the Shah overthrown and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. But the new political system has caused divisions and internal tensions have pushed people onto the streets calling for change. Though that change may come from the opposition, most of whom are in exile, Naser Ghobadzadeh writes the people inside Iran may be ready for it too.

Data has become ubiquitous. It’s everywhere, driving all sorts of daily decisions and activities. But for data to be useful, it has to be properly collected, analysed and understood by experts. Riaan de Jongh explains what it takes to train data scientists to do this important work.