Tech needs girls, and girls need tech
More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls in ICT...
Changing the conversation about science through citizen communicators
Initiatives to help citizen science projects communicate about their results are paving the way for ordinary people to take the lead as effective and...
Layoffs in China’s Internet Giants an Indication of Deeper Dilemma
There has been the intensification of the wave of layoffs in Chinese internet companies, where JD.com is becoming the center of attention.
According to a...
To know if citizen science is successful, measure it
It’s never been easy to accurately measure the impact of any scientific research, but it’s even harder for citizen science projects, which don’t follow...
The Metaverse: Technology, Privacy and Security Risks, and the Road Ahead
What is the metaverse (MTV)?
A metaverse is a combination of persistent, multi-user, shared, 3D virtual spaces that are intertwined with the physical world and...
BRICS Launches Vaccine R&D Center
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), an association of five emerging economies, made one huge step forward, perhaps driven by the...
The Dangers of Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence
AI technology has brought many benefits to the world, but could weaponizing AI be a mistake?
Many advancements in AI technology have been made in...
The War of Narratives Over the Origin of COVID-19 and our Virology-Media-Complex
Authors: Dr. Austin Lin and Dr. Jianli Yang*,
Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is commanding global attention. However, away from the current spotlight,...
Elderly care? Bring in the robots!
Robots have come a long way. For years they have been supporting human activity – enabling exploration in dangerous and unreachable environments like out...
Quantum computing and quantum computers
What is quantum computing? Why do we need quantum computing? According to Moore's law ("The complexity of a microcircuit, measured for example by the...