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ShutterstockSome experts believe that more than a third of jobs in South Africa are at risk of being lost because humans are going to be replaced by digitisation and computer technology. This equates ...

ShutterstockThis article is part of our occasional series Zoom Out. Here we offer authors a slightly longer essay format to widen their focus, and explore key ideas in science and technology in the br ...

Rio Tinto executive Kellie Parker said that in traditionally male dominated blue collar industries like mining, the types of jobs on offer have changed due to automation. www.shutterstock.comResearch ...

Virtual reality is helping train counter-terrorism officers Josh LeCappelain/US Deparment of DefenseWhat if you could save an airport from terrorists, escape insurgents in South Sudan, and rescue civi ...

Eyes in the sky: drone footage is becoming a vital tool for monitoring ecosystems. Deakin Marine Mapping GroupUnderstanding Earth’s species and ecosystems is a monumentally challenging scientific purs ...

ShutterstockA child’s development is largely determined by experiences. These days, those experiences increasingly involve the use of technology. Television, the internet, tablets and smartphones are ...

Iris scanning technology in use in Jordan. UNHCR via YouTubeThe term “refugee camp” is often misleading. Many of the facilities housing some of the world’s 65m people fleeing war and disasters resembl ...

Finding the optimal route to benefiting from AI is like navigating a maze for most governments. ShutterstockNew developments in artificial intelligence are proceeding apace. As an economist who has re ...

University of South Australia's "MOD" opens on May 11 2018. MOD UniSA What should a museum be in 2018? Self-described as “Australia’s leading future focused museum”, University of South Australia’s MO ...

ShutterstockAnyone who uses online shopping, social media or even email is voluntarily – though not necessarily consciously – experiencing the influence of personalised technologies. The “profiling” w ...