Tagged: military

Featured image: Militaries plunder science fiction for technology ideas, but turn a blind eye to the genre’s social commentary

Militaries plunder science fiction for technology ideas, but turn a blind eye to the genre’s social commentary - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 28, 2021 •

Will Slocombe, University of Liverpool   Military planning is a complicated endeavour, calling upon experts in logistics and infrastructure to predict resource availability and technological advancements. Long-range military planning, deciding what to invest in now to prepare armed forces for the world in thirty years’ time, is even more difficult. One of the most interesting tools for thinking about future … Read More

Featured image: Talking satellites and space in Washington

Talking satellites and space in Washington - Out of Space

Duncan Steel • May 16, 2019 •

The annual beanfeast for the US satellite industry — featuring major participation from European nations and companies in particular — is the SATELLITE congress held at the Washington Convention Center, a few blocks from the White House. It was an amazing event to attend, compared to the sort of low-key conferences we have in New Zealand.  Now I’m back in … Read More

Featured image: The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong

The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jan 16, 2018 •

Richard Gunderman, Indiana University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5 percent of the world’s population. Half a billion people were … Read More

Featured image: “The Second World Wars” with Victor Davis Hanson

“The Second World Wars” with Victor Davis Hanson - The Dismal Science

Paul Walker • Jan 08, 2018 •

These videos come from Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson at the Hoover Institution. Robinson interviews Victor Davis Hanson about Hanson’s new book, “The Second World Wars“. How were the Axis powers able to instigate the most lethal conflict in human history? Find out in this two part episode of Uncommon Knowledge … Read More

Featured image: A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand

A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • May 01, 2017 •

Professor Nick Wilson, University of Otago; Professor Glyn Harper, Massey University The year 1917 was the worst year of the First World War for New Zealand from a premature mortality perspective, with 5547 deaths. We have just presented on this topic at a Symposium at Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) and in this blog we summarise … Read More

Pilots also optional? - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Apr 29, 2012 •

In my last post I noted the shift to increasing automation on the roads. We are also seeing this in the air. In the US legislative and budgetary initiatives are set to encourage greater use of unmanned aerial vehicles (aka Drones) in domestic airspace. Some fliers are in a tailspin about the dangers this poses to … Read More