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Learn to Move Mountains
Compassionate problem solvers experience flow in action through social innovation, resilience, hope and entrepreneurial skills Interview with Elaine France, Founder, Flow In Action “We are at climate tipping points that are calling on us to do things differently; to embrace…
Helping Patients Around the World Own Their Health
Backpack Health brings together the pharmaceutical industry and rare disease foundations to truly empower their patients and families affected with rare and chronic conditions.
Mothers who code
The chances of finding fulfilling employment that allows Stay at Home Mums to balance their career goals and family commitments are slim. What does it take to redefine your professional orientation after giving birth?
Climate change: seeing the planet break down is depressing – here’s how to turn your pain into action
What if you’re concerned about the environment, but it seems too hard to make a life change? While actions that serve the climate and our communities may seem difficult before we try them, much of that perceived effort lies in the conservative inertia of our current habits, and how much we believe that we can change.
NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane
Agriculture contributes 48% of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. This is an important issue not just for New Zealand and all agricultural nations, but for world food supply.
‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
Michelle Lim, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to…
Huawei: fears in the West are misplaced and could backfire in the long run
Three of the “Five Eyes Network” of English-speaking states that share intelligence – the US, Australia and New Zealand – have blocked their local firms from using Huawei tech in building their 5G networks. The UK and Canada are under pressure to follow suit.
The world’s most degraded marine ecosystem could be about to make a comeback
Joanne Preston, University of Portsmouth When we think of mass habitat extinction, colourful, diverse and highly visible ecosystems such as tropical rain forests and coral reefs come to mind. Approximately half of global shallow water coral reefs and forests have…
Leonardo da Vinci’s helicopter: 15th-century flight of fancy led to modern aeronautics
One scientist and engineer at the time was fascinated by nature and blessed with a problem-solving mind able to combine the disciplines of art and science.
What robots and AI may mean for university lecturers and students
Nisreen Ameen, Queen Mary University of London The number of robots around the world is increasing rapidly. And it’s said that automation will threatening more than 800m jobs worldwide by 2030. In the UK, it’s claimed robots will replace 3.6m…
Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?
In the Sahara desert, each square metre receives, on average, between 2,000 and 3,000 kilowatt hours of solar energy per year, according to NASA estimates.