By Zuduo Zheng, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
Autonomous vehicles work much better than many people think – and much worse. Some simple changes to our roads could make them safer.
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By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and Research Supervisor, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney
If you are a parent of kids who love blind boxes, you might be worried about how the game of luck echoes gambling.
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By Baxter Kamana-Williams, Postdoctoral Researcher in Energy Systems, University of Notre Dame
J. Geoffrey Chase, Distinguished Professor, University of Canterbury
Rebecca Peer, Senior Lecturer in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury
New modelling suggests hotter summers could place new demands on NZ’s electricity system, increase heat-related deaths and hit vulnerable people hardest.
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By Hannah Lauren Murray, Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, La Trobe University
Charles Brockden Brown’s work addressed the violence, psychological torment and corruption that Americans faced in urban centres and along the frontier.
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By Richard de Grijs, Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the Sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks also take a year to complete a full orbit. Today, we know of eight such “quasi-moons” or quasi-satellites.
One of them may, in fact, be a fragment of the Moon itself.
This intriguing quasi-satellite is known as 469219…
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By Fadi Maayah, Senior Lecturer and Football Techncal Director, Curtin University
Progressing to the next World Cup round would represent a significant step forward for Australian soccer, and it’s an achievable aim.
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By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney; Neuroscience Research Australia
You’ve forgotten a few appointments lately and you find yourself losing track of conversations. Close friends or family may have also noticed some changes in your memory or thinking.
Becoming more forgetful and feeling slower in your thinking is normal in older age. But when these changes are more than you’d expect for your age it might be a sign of mild cognitive impairment.
So does that mean you’ll soon develop…
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By Rachael (Ré) A Mansbach, Assistant professor, Physics, Concordia University
Jyler Menard, PhD Student, Department of Physics, Concordia University
By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than eight million deaths around the world every year.
These are bacterial infections that resist traditional antibiotics like penicillin. They can develop when you eat contaminated food, have an open wound or undergo surgery. E. coli is a good example, as several strains have become highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. They…
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By Justin Sobion, Lecturer in International Environmental Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A proposed law change would end an activist’s landmark climate case. It also raises questions about whether NZ’s domestic laws match its global commitments.
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By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Head Girl, based on the poetry collection from Freya Daly Sadgrove, centres on three 20-something flatmates in Wellington, each at a moment of personal crisis.
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