The battle for the future of farming: what you need to know
Nov 26, 2018 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It is widely agreed that todays global agriculture system is a social and environmental failure. Business as usual is no longer an option: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and...
Blockchain systems are tracking food safety and origins
Nov 26, 2018 17:04 pm UTC| Technology
When a Chinese consumer buys a package labeled Australian beef, theres only a 50-50 chance the meat inside is, in fact, Australian beef. It could just as easily contain rat, dog, horse or camel meat or a mixture of them...
A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our time
Nov 26, 2018 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Much has changed since 2006 about the way we use our time. Back then we didnt have iPhones, iPads, Tinder, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, or machines that could play us streamed music, check our heart rates...
Same, same but different: Tinder profiles around the world
Nov 26, 2018 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Picture this scenario. You are going backpacking around South America and stop in Brazil. You will be there for only a few days, but you want to meet someone local. You open Tinder on your iPhone, and begin swiping with...
Designing cities to counter loneliness? Let's explore the possibilities
Nov 26, 2018 16:29 pm UTC| Technology Health
Do you feel lonely? If you do, you are not alone. While you may think its a personal mental health issue, the collective social impact is an epidemic. You may also underestimate the effects of loneliness. The health...
Robot carers could help lonely seniors — they're cheering humans up already
Nov 26, 2018 16:21 pm UTC| Technology
The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future where robots could do almost everything humans could. The elderly title character was given a robot butler to help him continue living on his own. The robot was capable of...
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: Disruption is overrated in terms of innovation
Nov 26, 2018 16:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Innovation is not all sunshine and frolicking lambs. Innovation has real costs monetary, psychological, intellectual and effort-based that need to be addressed or mitigated if you want people to actually...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects