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Teaching young people to analyze TV commercials will serve them well in other areas of life, researchers say. threerocksimages from www.shutterstock.comWith all the time that young people spend in fro ...

Careers in health care, education and design are unlikely to be automated. www.shutterstock.comSensationalist claims that 40% of jobs in Australia won’t exist in the future are unhelpful for young Aus ...

According to the latest data, there are probably fewer than 400,000 savannah elephants left in the wild across Africa. ShutterstockTechnology has made a tremendous difference in the world, in areas as ...

Facial recognition is already in our schools. www.shutterstock.comRecently, the Victorian Government brought in new rules stating Victorian state schools will be banned from using facial recognition t ...

Automated facial recognition technology has been used at a number of crowd events in England and Wales over the past two years to identify suspects and prevent crime. The technology can recognise peop ...

Amazon's plan to build a new headquarters in Long Island City faces mounting resistance. AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsNew York offered Amazon close to US$3 billion to build a “second” headquarters in Long ...

Recently a selfie showing a group of women posing in front of the wreckage from the Sunda Strait tsunami went viral on social media. The photo stirred debates on whether it is appropriate or not to ta ...

The excessive use of mobile devices by parents is wreaking havoc on children, and family dynamics. (Shutterstock)You arrive at the park with your kids and encourage them to play. You sit down and pull ...

'The Dog' (1820-1823) by Francisco Goya. Museo del PradoEditor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018. In ea ...

Remotely monitoring honeybee hives can help track the health of the colony. weter78/ ShutterstockWorldwide honeybee populations are in peril – and it’s a dire situation for humans. Threats from climat ...