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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This is how AI can help humanity

Development bottlenecks and application risks must be addressed before AI's true global potential to transform lives can be realised.

Michael Chui and Martin Harrysson · Project Syndicate 07 Jan 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This breakthrough in plant engineering could feed millions more people

A naturally occurring 'glitch' in certain crops has been suppressing growth and yield, but scientists believe they have found a way to bypass it.

Thin Lei Win · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 07 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

It's time to bust some myths about genes, inheritance and health

The billions of microbes that live within our body can be beneficial to our physical and mental health.

Ian Myles · The Conversation 17 Dec 2018

Education and Skills

How Africa can rebuild its scientific talent and return to the pinnacle of innovation

Some of humanity’s greatest innovations – from vaccines to brain surgery – were pioneered by Africans.

Daniel Mundeva · Project Syndicate 10 Dec 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Here are 15 sci-fi books that actually predicted the future

Sci-fi has always had a reputation for predicting and inspiring technology and inventions.

Megan Willett · Business Insider 05 Dec 2018

Digital Economy and Society

Scientists have discovered how memories are inherited

Our individual life experiences may be passed down to later generations, according to the study of Epigenetics.

June Javelosa · Futurism 04 Dec 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley grow up

The fine line between what science could do and what it should do is thinner than ever. Here's what Hollywood can teach us.

Andrew D. Maynard · The Conversation 29 Nov 2018

United States

What's next for the future of American innovation?

The U.S. has produced waves of invention that changed the world over almost 200 years. So what's the next big idea?

Andrew Van Dam and Andrew Van Dam · The Washington Post 29 Nov 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Here are 5 ways we can help robots and people work together

Human-robot teams will soon start working in fields as diverse as health care, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing and space exploration.

Nancy Cooke · The Conversation 29 Nov 2018

Global Health

We need to get our prescription right for the physical inactivity pandemic

Physical activity needs to improve globally - but to do that we need to understand reasons people aren't exercising.

Sebastien Chastin, Bart De Clercq, and Jelle Van Cauwenberg · The Conversation 12 Nov 2018

Digital Economy and Society

This is how we can create a third wave of poverty reduction

Bill Gates believes we can start a third wave of poverty reduction - and eradicate extreme poverty.

Bill Gates · Gatesnotes 08 Nov 2018

Japan

Should Japan introduce daylight savings time?

Japan's 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori has suggested adopting Daylight Saving Time to allow athletes at the games to compete in cooler hours - but the suggestion has been met with r...

Koichi Hamada · Project Syndicate 02 Nov 2018

Space

This foundation plans to store data in DNA on the moon

The Arch Mission Foundation is working with Microsoft to encode thousands of important books and crowd-sourced images and store them in a repository housed on the Moon.

Jon Christian · Futurism 09 Oct 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

What makes Copenhagen the world's most bike-friendly city?

Copenhagen, home of Hans Christian Andersen and formerly the capital not just of Denmark but also Norway and Sweden, is the most cycle-friendly city in the world.

Sean Fleming 05 Oct 2018

Human Enhancement

2018 Nobel Prize for physics goes to tools made from light beams - a particle physicist explains

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work with light manipulation.

Todd Adams · The Conversation 03 Oct 2018

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