By Tony Milligan, Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Ethics, King's College London
There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there’s still time to worry about bad things arriving from above. The most recent is the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be a “city killer” if it hits a heavily populated area of our planet in the early years of the next decade.
The chances of that happening are now estimated to be around…
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By Jiaxin Zhong, Postdoctoral Researcher in Acoustics, Penn State
Yun Jing, Professor of Acoustics, Penn State
By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a specific location.
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By Nham Tran, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his roughly 400 published research papers have been retracted by academic journals.
Boldt may be a world leader, but he has plenty of competition. In 2023, more than 10,000 research papers were retracted globally…
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By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne
Nicola Howell, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
It might be time to go back to a simpler approach, when one set of rules applied to all consumer credit products.
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By Timothy Weber, Research Officer for School of Engineering, Australian National University
Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
Research reveals most of the sites the Coalition has earmarked for nuclear power plants would be suitable for pumped hydropower plants.
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By Galyna Piskorska, Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine) and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Advanced Centre for Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Journalists in Ukraine already face financial uncertainty, exhaustion and risks to their safety. With USAID funding cuts, many outlets will now be forced out of business.
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By Randall Wayth, SKA-Low Senior Commissioning Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, Curtin University
The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study cosmic mysteries.
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By Katie Ekberg, Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
Barbra Timmer, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Audiology, The University of Queensland
Many Australians experience hearing loss but hesitate to seek help. So what are the options if you need help with your hearing?
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By Marc C-Scott, Associate Professor of Screen Media | Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Victoria University
This month marks a decade since Netflix – the world’s most influential and widely subscribed streaming service – launched in Australia.
Since then the media landscape has undergone significant transformation, particularly in terms of how we consume content. According to a 2024 Deloitte report,…
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By Sascha Morrell, Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
The Nickel Boys dramatises the real-life history of a segregated reform school in the segregated Jim Crow South: a front for coerced labour and scene of abuse.
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