With global warming and our 6th global extinction on our medium to longer term future doorstep, we are already starting to see the effects of a changing world eco system and climate. In this week’s on-air chat Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan and I go in search of clues of what might happen to […]
We grow up with big dreams to become astronauts, firefighters and marine biologists (what’s up with that?!), but most of us end up shifting our dream careers to suit what eventually becomes important to us (big salaries, work-life balance, altruistic reasons). While communication, data science and business management are some of the most valued skills […]
It has to be a mistype or mistake, but it’s not. Russian scientists recently discovered 24,000 year old frozen organisms that when thawed are capable of reproducing. This microscopic rotifer worm, called an evolutionary scandal by the biologists, is female, does not require a male to reproduce and was alive and crawling under the feet […]
Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan sent through an interesting request for this week’s segment topic – what’s Biomimicry and Circular Economies all about, on the back of an earlier interview he did that morning of a new recycling plant. It all starts with “everything old, is new again”. Biomimicry is an approach to innovation […]
Futurists, researchers and training experts predict very different jobs and skills will be in demand when today’s newborns finish high school in 2038. In about 18 years, today’s newborns – dubbed the iso babies – will be entering the workforce for the first time. The jobs they do, the skills they need, and the way […]
There’s’ been much said and debated about online education during COVID but First nation or indigenous education not so much. First nation education is problematic enough, the need for prevailing authorities to insist on a Westernised education model, learning and assessment style is often in conflict and mostly in disharmony with indigenous learners and traditions. […]
