Fraudsters are ruthless and will use any means necessary to gain financial advantage, reports Cassandra Cross Earlier this year, as Australians were battling the devastating bushfires, fraudsters were tailoring their approaches to exploit the good intentions of citizens wanting to help victims. And come March and the...
Wouldn’t it be great to know what your pet is thinking? Pei-Yun Sun, Professor Uwe Aickelin, Rio Susanto and Yunjie Jia look at a new App that may help! And, yes, dogs are easier to read than cats. The new app uses artificial intelligence to analyse...
SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 rocket launch proves humanity has come leaps and bounds in its effort to reach other worlds. But now there’s a quicker, safer and environmentally friendlier way to travel to the centre of the galaxy – and you can do it too. NASA...
National Science Week: August 15 to 23. Australia’s biggest science festival is splashing into real schools, school-at-home, and virtual classrooms. With this year’s activities migrating online, stories have local talent and national reach: ▪ Make a melon go boom—Brisbane ▪ Gamers: can you power up enough molecules to fire...
Tanya Notley and Michael Dezuanni report their recent findings from their new research into how young Australians consume and think about news media. Following a summer of bushfires and during the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have told us they consume news regularly. But they also say...
Limiting internet use more effective than teaching general emotional skills A new study has found internet addiction in teenagers leads to difficulty regulating emotions. However there was no evidence that pre-existing emotional issues are a predictor of obsessive internet use. Research summary: here Listen to the ABC Radio...
Girls score the same in maths and science as boys, but higher in arts – this may be why they are less likely to pick STEM careers. Silvia Griselda and Rigissa Megalokonomou report on their research. Last month, the Australian Academy of Science published a report...
Since COVID-19 restrictions came into force across Australia, many families have been adapting to a whole new way of life, writes Lisa Needham. Even now, several months in with some restrictions easing, most of us are spending unprecedented amounts of time in our homes. Our social...
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has changed the way we interact with each other, write Gloria Quinones and Megan Adams because right now, all of the family remain in one social space – our homes. We’ve moved from one extreme to the other. From helicopter...
The COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly accelerated how much schools rely on online learning, writes Lisa ArchboldThe move has raised a range of issues – particularly digital privacy and security of information. Managing these security and privacy issues is the responsibility of regulators, schools and parents, but...
