Along with the need to track the physical evidence of animal cruelty there is the deeper and more complex challenge of trying to parse its underlying causes and ultimate ramifications.
Although this algorithmic approach to compiling stories is by no means new – the lab which spawned Narrative Science was conducting and publishing work a number of years ago – the ultimate ramifications of what the approach symbolises seem to be taking a long time to sink into most newsgathering organisations.
It'll be interesting to see how that model plays out and what the ultimate ramifications are.
And at first blush, an autonomous drone seems like a major innovation to help keep America's elderly in their homes, but I fear the ultimate ramifications of such products.
Our findings should provide a strong impetus to meet this challenge and embark on further investigations with the ultimate aim to unravel the ramifications of mechanistically diverse chaperoning activity for RNA biogenesis, evolution, and evolvability.
Will tonight have any ramifications on the polls or ultimate result?
The Court's ultimate decision in this case will have substantial ramifications for seamen, who face substantial risk and hardship in their daily lives and rely on the "ancient duty" of shipowners to provide them with maintenance and cure.
The ultimate target of foreign aid is to alleviate poverty in all its ramifications.
Furthermore, resolving the ultimate controls over the causes of volcanic and magmatic diversity in arcs has important ramifications for understanding the dynamics of continental margins, mantle flow behavior, and volcanic hazards.
Plainly, it is not going to be easy decluttering David de Gea's brain after the tortuous, sometimes torturous, process that ended with his transfer unravelling so spectacularly there is concern among United's directors that it could have ramifications the next time they go back to Madrid for Gareth Bale or, the ultimate target, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Tiny margins, huge ramifications: the upshot is that Wasps have become the fourth English club to claim Europe's ultimate prize, having displayed the same grit under screeching pressure which enabled them to squeeze past Munster in the semi-final.
