SubjectEducation and training
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Barcelona has one of the lowest fertility rates globally, yet boasts one of the highest life expectancies. This reality carries profound demographic, social and economic...
![Illustration © Cinta Fosch Illustration © Cinta Fosch](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_relat_1100x548_0.jpg?itok=nACufbYO)
He wasn’t allowed salt, but he gave himself special dispensation when he was with his beloved fancy woman. Well, he did so every day, and Anselm was already long enough in the...
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Spurred on by social media, cancel culture is gaining ground. In its name, works, opinions and even people are cancelled. Its advocates contend that it is a way of giving a voice...
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Emma Vilarasau
Two days after Lali Symon premiered at the Romea theatre, as part of the latest Grec Festival, Emma Vilarasau arrives in the theatre’s foyer before locking herself in...
![Detail of a cluster of biodiversity in the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes square. © Clara Montaner Augé Detail of a cluster of biodiversity in the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes square. © Clara Montaner Augé](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/verd_urba_foto_principal._copyright_clara_montaner_auge.jpg?itok=4SOuyoYB)
![Inside the Documenta bookshop on Carrer de Pau Claris in Barcelona.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_127_debat.jpg?itok=cb8LYWd-)
In recent years, more bookshops have opened than have closed in Barcelona. Ona, Finestres, Byron, Fahrenheit 451, Restory, Nocturama, La Insòlita, ECC Cómics… are just some...
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When artificial intelligence is used in scenarios that impact millions of people, governance challenges and ethical dilemmas arise. How can we be sure that algorithmic decisions...
![Illustration © Romualdo Faura](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_127_dossier_paugarcia.jpg?itok=EokpPDi4)
Artificial intelligence technologies are an expression of who we are. When everything is possible, what do we decide to do? This is a perfect technology for both creation and...
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