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  • Karina Atkinson

    How technology is taking conservation science to the next level

    Paraguay-based conservation project Para La Tierra are making the most of new tech to increase both environmental impact and reach. Founder Karina Atkinson explains
  • Indian women and girls washing clothes by hand in a lake in Andhra Pradesh.

    Why are the benefits of technology scarce among those who need it most?

    Sumit Dagar
    There is a gulf between those who have tech and those who don’t. We need a technological revolution to empower the disadvantaged, argues Sumit Dagar
  • Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    Maggie Aderin-Pocock: 'The Clangers inspired me to become a space scientist'

  • Sir Ranulph Fiennes

    Sir Ranulph Fiennes: 'The mindset had to be that we would take a leap into the dark'

  • A very busy intersection on Eastern Express Highway in Sion East, Mumbai.

    My cousin's death inspired an Indian road safety campaign that could save thousands of lives

    The Indian parliament is on the brink of passing new legislation to introduce life-saving road safety laws. SaveLIFE Foundation’s Piyush Tewari reflects on the campaign he has championed
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee

    Sir Tim Berners-Lee: how the web went from idea to reality

  • Alice Roberts

    Alice Roberts: 'My fascination with science began with a pop-up book'

  • rags2riches social enterprise

    Careers as a social entrepreneur – the dreams and reality

  • landmine detecting women rakes

    The technological transformation of social enterprise

  • melting glaciuer pastoruri guaraz peru

    Global warming spells disaster for tropical Andes glaciers

    Glacier monitoring tech shows the most rapid glacier depletion for at least three centuries. Big glaciers are shrinking, with small ones disappearing, writes Bernard Francou
  • satellite image earth night

    We need a new era in conservation - and we need it now

  • Where I went right

    Where I went right - interactive

  • hyenas running savannah

    How zoology has been transformed by mobile technology

    Consumer hunger for small, smart gadgets has had a helpful side effect for zoology - it’s created the ultimate means of studying wild animals at a distance
  • Technologies like CyberTracker are creating new opportunities for community participation in science and conservation, helping the plight of endangered species like the black rhino.

    Citizen science: creating an inclusive, global network for conservation

    New technology is allowing anyone to contribute to scientific research, with implications for conservation, disease prevention and much more
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee live talk

    Tim Berners-Lee: We must take to the streets to protect the open web – video

    The inventor of the world wide web gave a keynote speech at the Guardian, reflecting on net neutrality and the process behind getting his initial idea noticed

  • Zowawi

    'Antibiotic resistant superbugs the greatest threat to humans' - video

    Hosam Zowawi warns that antibiotic resistant superbugs are the greatest threat to humans

  • Zang

    Computer engineering is saving lives in rural Africa - video

    Arthur Zang's revolutionary Cardio Pad connects patients in desperate need of medical attention to cardiologists across mobile phone networks

    • Earth's caves are a hidden continent ripe for exploration - video

    • The domestication of the grey crowned-crane threatens its existence - video

    • Hearing in the first six months of life is vital for normal development - video

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