Editor's note

Whether codebreaking at Bletchley Park or helping NASA land on the moon, women stood among computing’s leading lights. Yet by the 1980s the number of women applying to study computer science and enter the industry had plunged. Now, says Dame Professor Wendy Hall, fixing this gender imbalance is more urgent than ever.

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We can all recognise a dirty beach, a smog-choked city, or a forest of stumps after the loggers have done their work. If we really want to encourage serious action against climate change, says Tae Hoon Kim, let’s talk more about local pollution issues and less about “global warming”.

Michael Parker

Commissioning Editor

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