The Parana River in moonlight.
Gisela Giardino
A professor of literature who is also a poet tackles the issue of the inroads technology has made in the relationship between teacher and learner.
The comeback kid.
REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Twitter’s revenues are in good shape but its CEO needs to start securing more users to keep investors happy.
Bicycles fueling change in Kenya.
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An advocate for the power of innovation to improve the world offers some cautions.
Time for children to start learning how to build robots?
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Technology is critical for innovation, yet schools struggle to get students interested in this area. Could teaching robotics change this?
Roberto Taddeo
By simulating cities from the “bottom-up”, scientists can help us plan for the future.
Garment workers sew t-shirts at the American Apparel factory in downtown Los Angeles.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
For the company’s brand, it’s crucial to figure out a way to continue making clothes on American soil.
A Colorado Springs officer with a body-worn camera. There is growing support to introduce the technology in South Africa.
Reuters/Rick Wilking
Police brutality is an ongoing problem in South Africa. Police-worn body cameras may help reduce such incidents by improving accountability. They may also contribute to the safety of officers.
Neutrinos, we’re looking for you! Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector.
Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo
The Nobel Prize-winning research on neutrinos is expected to push the boundaries of science and technology.
Halls, dormitories, or staying at home with the parents: the university experience is different all over the world.
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With advances in technology and changes in the demographics of people attending university, the campus experience is changing.
Digitally stressed?
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Kids today face a variety of digital stressors –from negotiating how much communication to have with close friends to digital abuse.
Broadband is one of the technologies that will feature heavily in Australia’s future.
A new report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies paints a picture of Australia’s technological future.
Reports suggest President Xi will meet with US tech leaders this week. Will that overshadow his meeting with President Obama?
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While the timing of the planned forum is not ideal, it continues a long tradition of Chinese leaders engaging with US tech leaders and may prove beneficial to overall relations.
It’s a visual metaphor…
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Intellectual property laws, 19th-century legislation struggling for relevance in the 21st century, are well overdue for reform.
University of Cape Town scientists work in the Drug Discovery and Development Centre. More needs to be done to keep Africa’s scientists on home ground.
Epa/Nic Bothma
If the continent is to grasp the science and technology revolution, then governments should take the lead in both policy formulation and implementation.
Bastiat would understand would Uber is going through in Paris.
Reuters
The economist Frédéric Bastiat didn’t experience the “sharing economy,” but he knew the ludicrousness of wailing against a “foreign technology.”
Bridging the gap. How to keep up with Dublin.
Alessandro Grussu
Dublin has managed to keep the money rolling in while others struggle, so what are the lessons to learn for its neighbours and rivals?
What will make students have faith in their professors?
Jeremy Wilburn
Professors help students question their beliefs and assumptions. How should they build the trust?
All smiles? Not so much.
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Technology can work for us, or against us. Sometimes both at the same time.
I need it NOW!
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Footage of children throwing tantrums when their tablet is taken away can be unsettling. But the fact is technology can be good for their development, if they engage with it positively.
There is beauty in mathematical ideas and proofs.
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Poetry is at the heart of technology. Did not Pythagoras find the connections between beautiful music and mathematics?