By Aleh Cherp, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University
Jessica Jewell, Professor in Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology
Tsimafei Kazlou, PhD Candidate, Center for Climate and Energy Transformations, University of Bergen
Just 1% of the world’s coastal waters could, in theory, generate enough offshore wind and solar power to provide a third of the world’s electricity by 2050. That’s the promise highlighted in a new study by a team of scientists in Singapore and China, who systematically mapped the global potential of renewables at sea.
But turning that potential into reality is another story. Scaling up offshore renewables fast enough to seriously dent global emissions faces formidable technical, economic and political…
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By Brigid Magner, Associate Professor in Literary Studies, RMIT University
Australian author Elizabeth Harrower wrote four novels in rapid succession. Then she stopped. Perhaps the miracle is that she wrote anything, given her childhood.
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By Russell Fewster, Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of South Australia
Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette is given a significant new production from State Opera South Australia, West Australian Opera and the Irish National Opera.
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By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
Generative AI is known to mirror sexist and racist stereotypes, but it also carries a colonial bias that is reinforcing outdated ideas about the past.
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By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
Ismini Vasileiou, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
Passwords are the keys to our digital lives – think how many times you log in to websites and other systems. But just like physical keys, they can be lost, duplicated and stolen.
Many alternatives have been proposed in recent years, including passkeys. These offer a significant improvement in terms of user friendliness and potential for widespread use.
But what exactly are they – and how do they differ from passwords?
Passwords are vulnerable
In simple terms, a password is a secret word or phrase that you use to prove who you are to computer systems…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries hold a summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 26, 2025. © 2025 Kyodo via AP Photo (New York) – Governments attending upcoming regional summits in Malaysia should reject the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold “elections” in December 2025, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to all countries sending delegates. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN partner summits will take place in Kuala Lumpur on October 26-28, with the Myanmar crisis on the agenda.The Myanmar…
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By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University
Sussan Ley recently declared Melbourne the ‘crime capital of Australia’. But a closer analysis of the data shows a much more nuanced picture.
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By Vibhu Arya, PhD Student, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
AI-powered shopping is now live in the US and aiming to roll out overseas. So how does it work? And what are companies like Google planning to launch next?
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By Blake Lawrence, PhD Candidate (Design) and Performance Artist, University of Technology Sydney
Three frogs, a shark, a unicorn and a Tyrannosaurus rex dance in front of a line of heavily armoured police in riot gear.
Over the past few weeks, activists taking part in protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the United States have donned inflatable animal costumes. The aim is to disrupt the Trump administration’s claim that the protests are violent “hate America” rallies.
The result is a sight to behold, with many encounters…
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By Alistair Evans, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth.
These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding reptiles owe their evolutionary success in part to the effectiveness of their bite, which they deliver at an astonishing speed before their prey can escape.
Now, a study I coauthored reveals, in astonishing detail, exactly how these bites work. Published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, it is the largest…
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