By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
We’ve been warned of a looming AI ‘jobpocalypse’ for years. But many Australian businesses are still figuring out how to make the technology useful.
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By Asma Aziz, Senior Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University
The main way we show energy use is through “primary energy”. But this metric conceals the truly enormous waste of the energy in fossil fuels.
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By Raymond Evans, Adjunct Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University
Australian history has often been written from a southern perspective. But a history of the tropical North sheds light on ‘truth telling’ and questions of race.
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By Sarah-Kay Coulter, Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne
Current citizenship laws have a narrow concept of nationhood and fail to acknowledge Indigenous ways of understanding belonging, identity and place.
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By Elliott Logan, Lecturer in Film, Screen, and Culture, Monash University
Vince Gilligan, who also made Breaking Bad, says he didn’t intend to make Plur1bus ahout AI – yet the links are undeniable.
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By Amnesty International
The Dominican Republic has among the lowest levels of public investment in health in Latin America and the Caribbean. But instead of strengthening its system, the government has blamed the population perceived as Haitian and has introduced a protocol in public hospitals that ties care to migratory status and puts these people at risk of […] The post Dominican Republic: The facts debunk the myth; migrants do not overburden the health system appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Bryn Beeder, Visiting Instructor in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health, Miami University
Guilt and discomfort around food can be especially challenging during the holidays. But trusting your body and remembering the social value of sharing meals can help you enjoy yourself.
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By Lauren Beitelspacher, Professor of Marketing, Babson College
During the pandemic, retailers used generous return policies to win over shoppers. Now, those policies are costing them billions – prompting a widespread rethink.
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By Knut von Salzen, Senior Research Scientist, Marine Cloud Brightening Research Program, University of Washington
Between 2003 and 2022, clouds over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific became less reflective, allowing more sunlight to reach the ocean surface and causing sea surface temperatures to rise.
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By Louise Owusu-Kwarteng, Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader, Sociology, University of Greenwich
In 1991, just before my 16th birthday, I took an unexpected foray into rave culture. This went against my upbringing in a Ghanaian household and community, where there was emphasis on “good behaviour”, educational excellence, and being a “good Ghanaian kid”. There was great fear that exposure to other external influences, including popular culture that didn’t reflect our heritage would ruin us.
Naturally, growing up here in the UK meant that we were exposed to different youth cultures, which greatly concerned our elders. Many bought into moral…
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