By Celia Harris, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University
Justin Christensen, Researcher, Western Sydney University
Whenever you ride a bike or knit a sweater, you’re using your procedural memory. Two cognitive scientists explain what it is and how it works.
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By Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Arastoo Teymouri, Researcher in Energy Systems, UNSW Sydney
For millions of Australians without off-street parking, charging is a obstacle to shifting to an electric vehicle. Kerbside chargers could help.
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By Martine Rhéaume, Coordinator of Technological Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Language Education, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
A survey found second-language instructors are using generative AI primarily as an administrative efficiency tool, for work like generating lesson plans.
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By Henry Giroux, Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Trump’s language of war is a dangerous fusion of militarism, religious fundamentalism, spectacle and authoritarian politics that is redefining how military power is justified and normalized.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On the benefits of citizen science and access to solar power for apartment residents: an edited selection of your views.
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By Nolan Maugourd, PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, Université Laval
CAR-T cell therapies advance the treatment of cancer, but they are expensive and can take weeks to process. Academic development could cut costs and time while making them more accessible.
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By Oiwan Lam
The circulating marketing narrative fuels a widespread anxiety that ordinary people would be left out of the job market and the technology-driven economy without mastering AI agents
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By Aya S. Chacar, Professor of International Business, Florida International University
Fertilizer is more expensive and in shorter supply. Without the right amounts of fertilizer at specific times, yields drop, food prices increase and food shortages result.
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By Katja Hanewald, Associate Professor in Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney
Open to Australians aged 67 or older, the scheme has an interest rate of just 3.95% – which hasn’t changed in more than three years.
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By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The shift towards universal policies may seem fair, but it’s creating a system that gives to the wealthy at the expense of the poor.
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