Jan 25, 2018
Time is running out for action to stem climate change. While the world is still debating whether the change is real, weather migrants and refugees are becoming a reality. In just a couple of months’ time, Cape Town will become the first major city in the world...
Jan 24, 2018
An ambitious partnership aims to sequence the DNA of all life on Earth and create an inclusive bio-economy. The World Economic Forum has announced the Earth Bio-Genome Project (EBP) as part of its Fourth Industrial Revolution for the Earth Initiative. The initiative...
Jan 23, 2018
Pope Francis has called on World Economic Forum participants to overcome fragmentation between states and institutions and work together to facilitate more inclusive approaches in an increasingly globalised world. In a speech to the 48th World Economic Forum Annual...
Jan 22, 2018
The Cartwheel Galaxy (pictured here) was taken with the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) Hubble Space Telescope. The object was first spotted on wide-field images from the UK Schmidt telescope and then studied in detail using the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Lying...
Jan 19, 2018
A new malware espionage campaign infecting thousands of people in more than 20 countries has been uncovered. Hundreds of gigabytes of data has been stolen, primarily through mobile devices compromised by fake secure messaging clients. The Electronic Frontier...
Jan 18, 2018
IBM and Maersk plan to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. The aim of the new company will be to offer a jointly developed global trade digitization platform built on open...
