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How we created a beautiful native wildflower meadow in the heart of the city using threatened grassland species

A project in Melbourne’s Royal Park has proved city parks and streets can be used as sites for nature repair that help endangered ecosystems and species to survive.

03/10/2024

71% of Australian uni staff are using AI. What are they using it for? What about those who aren’t?

Our new study surveyed more than 3,000 academic and professional staff at Australian universities about how they are using generative AI in their work.

03/10/2024

Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself

Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t have this kind of power.

03/10/2024

‘Carbon contracts for difference’ are not a silver bullet for climate action

Utilizing carbon contracts for difference mechanisms could help the federal government maintain its climate policies. But overly relying on these tools brings its own risks.

03/10/2024

What’s behind Canada’s housing crisis? Experts break down the different factors at play

Two housing policy experts explain the origins behind Canada’s housing crisis and what needs to change in order to fix it.

03/10/2024

Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient – here’s why that’s worrying

More than 80% of pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, according to a new study my colleagues and I conducted. What we found particularly surprising was that the women were in otherwise good health.

03/10/2024

My Old Ass: why we should imagine talking to our older rather than younger selves, according to an expert in psychology

Imagining speaking to your younger self might not be helpful, you can’t change the past but you can regret it.

03/10/2024

Maasai Mara’s Indigenous forest is disappearing, with drastic consequences

For the Maasai, Nyekweri forest has such a high ecological and socio-cultural value. But new conservancies aren’t working as best they could.

03/10/2024

The earliest galaxies formed amazingly fast after the Big Bang. Do they break the universe or change its age?

Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That’s a problem for our ideas about the universe.

03/10/2024

Centuries ago, the Maya storm god Huracán taught that when we damage nature, we damage ourselves

The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe, from the natural world to everyday experiences, was part of a single, powerful spiritual force. They were not polytheists who worshipped distinct gods but pantheists who believed that…

03/10/2024

More and more, business schools want to show they’re making a positive impact on society. But how should they measure it?

Back in 1970, the economist Milton Friedman famously argued that businesses have a single responsibility: to increase profit. For decades, the so-called “Friedman doctrine” amounted to dogma in certain circles, including at many business schools. A…

03/10/2024

The darker side of human rights for great apes

Plans to give great apes personhood are long overdue - but they could set back animal rights for other species.

03/10/2024