Tag Archives: Science and technology

Science and technology innovation outlook 2021 (OECD)

This edition focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered an unprecedented mobilisation of the science and innovation community. Public research agencies and organisations, private foundations and charities, and the health industry have set up an array of newly funded research initiatives worth billions of dollars in record time. Science and technology offer the only […]
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The science people see on social media (Pew Research)

by Paul Hitlin and Kenneth Olmstead Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers but feature more posts with ‘news you can use’ or ads than scientific discoveries. Click here to read the full article.  

5 issues that will shape the future, according to the experts

By: Mark Jones November 12, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/global-future-councils-2017-dubai-highlights Our future’s bright: new technology promises solutions to the world’s biggest problems. But the future’s also frightening: accelerating change is disrupting every aspect of life Seven hundred experts from the World Economic Forum’s “Future Councils” just met in Dubai to plot a path through these competing forces. Here […]
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Five ways mobile technology can help in humanitarian emergencies

By: Mats Granryd August 22, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org

If you’re addicted to your phone, you might be one of these personality types

By: James A. Roberts  August 08, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org