World Economic Forum reports may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use. What does digital mean for the future of energy?We often hear of the environmental benefits energy technology innovations are bringing. But less is said about how these same innovations are helping
World Economic Forum reports may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use. What does digital mean for the future of energy?We often hear of the environmental benefits energy technology innovations are bringing. But less is said about how these same innovations are helping
A robot, built by a German artifical intelligence centre, operates a switchboard at the CeBit computer fair, Hanover, Germany. Image: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Dilbert: Wow! According to my computer simulation, it should be possible to create new life forms from common household chemicals Dogbert: This raises some thorny issues. Dilbert: You mean legal, ethical and religious issues? Dogbert: I was t
In an ideal situation, governments are just borrowing this money to cover short-term budget deficits or to finance mission critical projects. However, around the globe, countries have taken to the idea of running constant deficits as the normal course of business, and too much accumulation of debt is not healthy for countries or the global economy as a whole.
And tertiary education in particular, is at the heart of the innovation that we see around us. New discoveries such as MP3 and GPS technology would never have happened were it not for PhD research. Countries are investing in their higher education systems, and more people than ever before are completing doctoral degrees. But which country has the most doctoral scholars?
A gene mutation allows some people to thrive on little sleep Image: REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
Researcher Nancy Tye-Murray calls hearing loss “the invisible disability.” It can masquerade as other problems, from dementia to depression, and it can make those problems worse. With an aging population, the detrimental effects of hearing loss will only grow. To help people with hearing loss navigate their daily lives, Tye-Murray and her colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in S
Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and hurricanes inflict serious damage and so seem to be bad for the economy. For firms, natural disasters destroy tangible assets such as buildings and equipment – as well as human capital – and thereby deteriorate their production capacity. These adverse impacts may sometimes be fatal to the firms and result in them being forced to close do
Republished with permission from Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Satya Nadella explains how his failures at school led to a successful career. Image: REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was a kid growing up in Hyderabad, India his father couldn’t believe how poor his grades were. “M
When children are asked to draw a scientist, the gender they choose can explain a lot about gender stereotyping. Image: REUTERS/Michaela Rehle You may never have heard of them, but Draw-a-Scientist experiments have been going on since the 1960s. The test is as simple as it sounds – it asks children to draw a scientist – but the results speak volumes about gender stereotyping. Back in 1983, the soc
Our world is only at the start of a massive, long-term disruption cycle. Globalization is one driver, but new technologies are set to bring even more change. It’s not an overstatement to compare the change ahead with the arrival of electricity. Soon we will see whole job categories disappear; millions already feel left behind and disenfranchised. Education is the key tool to manage the challenges
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