By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Roblox has announced significant changes to its gaming platform to enhance safety for children under 16.
The announcement comes just days after a man in the United Kingdom was jailed for 28 months for “obsessively grooming” a 14-year-old girl he met on the platform.
It also comes after the Australian government put…
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By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
China stands to be impacted first, as the main buyer of Iran’s crude oil. But if the blockade drags on, its knock-on effects could impact the whole world.
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By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Saeed Akhlaghpour, Associate Professor of Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
A new AI model could automate the process of searching for cybersecurity bugs and flaws – for better or worse.
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By Diana R. Andrade-Linares, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbial Ecology, University of Limerick
Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a “superpower” that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.
To understand how a microbe can control a storm, we first have to look at how clouds become rain. High up in the atmosphere, water doesn’t always freeze at 0°C. Temperatures are normally much lower at cloud level but pure water can…
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By Alex Dryden, PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London
While Africa and Latin America have dominated these deals, Asia has lagged behind with just 13% of total global ‘debt-for-nature’ swaps.
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By Natalia López-Hornickel, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Education, University of Bath
Young people spend a large part of their daily lives in school: learning, debating, forming friendships and imagining their futures.
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By Metamorphosis Foundation
Igor Bezinović’s film portrays the “pioneer” of Italian fascism, Gabriele D’Annunzio, through a critical lens, as befits the role model for the fascist leader Benito Mussolini.
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By Sophie Smit, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sydney
Anina Rich, Associate Professor and Head of Synaesthesia Research Group, Macquarie University
Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music?
If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia.
Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where the activation of one sense, such as hearing, triggers the activation of another usually unrelated sense, such as sight. This means people with synaesthesia often experience additional sensations compared to the rest of us.
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By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
Australian kids’ TV shows are now few and far between. During the pandemic, the Australian government scrapped decades-old quotas for minimum hours of children’s content to try and bail out flailing commercial television networks. They were never reinstated.
In 2023, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported the local kids TV sector…
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By Art Cotterell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
The successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our “pale blue dot”.
The mission was marked by engineering, scientific and technical feats, by the astronauts and team at NASA and beyond,…
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