“As with the fight against climate change, the fight against antibiotic resistance must involve all sectors of society.”Read the full article
In a divided country, public universities struggle to operate in the face of fire hazards, budget cuts and the threat of privatisation.Read the full article
When mines are reconverted, many factors come into play, both environmental and economic. Municipalities, citizens, investors: everyone has to be behind the project before any approval procedures start.Read the full article
“Since we voluntarily give our data to Google and Facebook, the Estonian attitude is: ‘Why shouldn’t we expect our government to use our data in a way that benefits us?’”Read the full article
As well as being more precise, will the medicine of the future also be universal, or will this revolutionary healthcare be the reserve of a small part of the global population? What will happen to all the data on our genetic profile? Could insurers and employers use it to [...]Read the full article
“Instead of providing care to perhaps a hundred or so patients a day within the confines of a hospital, I hope [as part of a network of doctors] to be able to save the lives of millions of patients across Africa.”Read the full article
Many people in Silicon Valley do not want to participate in programs for the battlefield or promote excessive war or security technology. The movement against autonomous weapons, the so-called “killer robots”, is growing, and not only in the [...]Read the full article
Today, scientists speak about loneliness as if it were a chronic disease. They say it is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, that it kills more people than obesity.Read the full article
Artificial intelligence, robotics and e-commerce will shape the shopping experience, creating a new environment in which shop assistants will have to be increasingly empathetic and capable of constantly updating their skills.Read the full article
Sought after for their special skills, autistic workers are of particular interest to the tech industry and Hollywood’s animation studios.Read the full article
Twenty years ago, they lost family members to malaria. Today, Senegal’s villagers are at the forefront of the fight against this pandemic, which currently kills more people than AIDS in Africa.Read the full article
Though a long way to go after the Sunflower Movement, Taiwan’s web-driven democratisation contrasts sharply with its authoritarian neighbour.Read the full article
