Agenda

The dry Amazon, protecting privacy in China and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: how to fight cybercrime and why scientists underestimated climate change for so long.

Adrian Monck 15 Nov 2019

How artificial intelligence is redefining the role of manager

Employees are increasingly happy to receive orders from AI or bots – who are freeing up managers to pay better attention to their employees.

Dan Schawbel 15 Nov 2019

Gender Parity

Why ignoring women is costing financial services money

Greater boardroom representation is only the beginning – catering properly to women customers could completely transform the financial sector.

David Gillespie and Jessica Clempner 15 Nov 2019

Water

Plants will make future river flooding way worse

In a new study scientists found that plants regulate the amount of gas they consume, limiting the release of water through evaporation - but what are the effects of this on the wider envi...

Brian Bell · Futurity 15 Nov 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

From Sesame Street to supersonic flight, 50th anniversaries are all the rage this year

Many of the cultural institutions born in 1969 are still going strong half a century later.

Sean Fleming 15 Nov 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

This wristband tells you what food to buy based on your DNA

A family health emergency led to the invention of a wristband that analyses your DNA to tell you which foods to buy to stay healthy and reduce your risk of diseases like diabetes.

Douglas Broom 15 Nov 2019

Global Health

This at-home test could change cervical cancer screening

Half of the 12,000 cervical cancers diagnosed annually occur in women who have gone longer than three years without a screening, according to previous studies. That makes these women a hi...

Jake Ellison · Futurity 15 Nov 2019

Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

We learn best when we fail 15% of the time, according to a study

Educators have long recognized there is something of a “sweet spot” when it comes to learning - being right 85% of the time.

Alexis Blue · Futurity 15 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Kenya is implementing smart IDs to protect its oceans and forests

In order to protect its fishing and logging communities, Kenya is issuing ID cards to individuals to curb illegal fishing and destruction of forests.

Hannah McNeish · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 15 Nov 2019

Global Health

These 10 countries are the best prepared to fight a pandemic

The topic was thrust into the spotlight in 2014 when an Ebola outbreak devastated parts of West Africa, killing more than 10,000 people.

Niall McCarthy · Statista 15 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

The water where baby fish are outnumbered 7 to 1 by plastic

Small plastic particles are more prevalent in ocean 'slicks' where baby fish feed and grow - that means more plastic is getting into the ocean food chain.

Johnny Wood 15 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

The steel town that’s leading a sustainable revolution

A city that was once on its knees has become a model for successful urban transformation.

Katharine Rooney 15 Nov 2019

Circular Economy

To build a circular economy, we need to put recycling in the bin

Recycling is still seen by many as integral to a circular economy - but preventing waste from being created in the first place is essential if we are to build a new economic model.

Alexandre Lemille 15 Nov 2019

Global Health

Making the most of our 'extra time' - for ourselves and society

Read our extract of Camilla Cavendish's book Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World.

Camilla Cavendish 15 Nov 2019

Singapore

3 reasons why Singapore is the smartest city in the world

Here are three ways Singapore - named the top smart city in a surbey - is using technology to transform the lives and wellbeing of its citizens

Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan 14 Nov 2019

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