Will 2017 be the year we take drug-resistant superbugs seriously?
Steven Heim
Governments are trying to stop the overuse of antibiotics in farming but action is needed from food producers and retailers to combat the threat to human health
Automation will end the dream of rapid economic growth for poorer countries
Andrew Norton
Automation is blocking the primary route for poor countries to grow rich. The solution is taxes, better use of resources and promoting the informal economy
Can a company ever claim to be making a better world?
Companies such as Dell and Dow are working to define ‘net positive’ - where they put more into society than they take. Some suggest it’s self-serving rhetoric
Let's use Tata Steel to build the UK's wind turbines and green economy
Adam Corner
Thousands of Tata steel workers may soon be in need of employment. The vast majority of the infrastructure for a decarbonised energy sector is still to be built. Is it really that hard to put two and two together?
Self-driving cars to hospital robots: automation will change life and work
The fourth industrial revolution is underway as ‘thinking machines’ transform the workplace. Jobs losses may follow but many sectors will thrive, experts say
