Robert Hickson • Oct 21, 2013 •
The Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations have just released a report – Now for the Long Term. In addition to laying out the megatrends and challenges facing the world, they also propose some solutions. The report does a generally good job in setting out concisely some of the “megatrends” (ie long … Read More
Elf Eldridge • Oct 04, 2013 •
With today’s announcement of the first 3 National Science Challenges (NSC’s) and the opening of their request for proposals*, I’m forced to reflect again on the Science and Society challenge. I’m assured that it’s moving forward behind the scenes (and I actually believe it is!) but I’m going to take this opportunity to prompt a little discussion with … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jan 31, 2012 •
Greetings, podcast audience of ours! This week’s podcast was supposed to be slightly shorter than usual, but then Elf and aimee got into a Discussion or two. There may have been some slight ranting 🙂 We cover the human brain connectome (peeeerdy), awesome urchin-like nanospheres, a NZ critter app, the world’s first iridescent mammal, a medical/bioinformative challenge, science … Read More