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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

The 15th Street Farm NEP teaches its students about the links between agriculture, nutrition and wellness. This is critically important in light of modernisation and the disconnect between humans and the natural world.” What do students learn? Soil and plant health are interconnected with human health and well-being,” says David.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

Ian’s team has a vision of building a ‘bio-based economy’ in Australia, focusing on ways to improve agriculture and waste processing through the creation of unique microbes. Our team includes social science and humanities researchers who look at the policies and implications of synthetic biology,” says Ian. “We

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

What if the innovations and discoveries just don’t matter, say to us humans? Well, we have natural language—probably the single most important innovation in the history of our species. And what natural language fundamentally does is to allow us to talk about things at a “human level”. What if nobody cares?

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