By Victoria Lorrimar, Director, Centre for Technology and Human Futures, University of Notre Dame Australia
Tim Smartt, Senior Research Fellow, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia
Some time earlier this year, an employee at tech giant Meta built a system to track how much each staff member was using artificial intelligence (AI).
Named “Claudeonomics” after the Claude chatbot, the system created a leaderboard ranked by the number of tokens each user was exchanging with AI models, with leaders given titles such as “Token Legend”. (Tokens are tiny chunks of…
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By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
Inland Rail was meant to take 200,000 trucks a year off our roads – but it’s now been cut in half. Why is rail freight shortchanged compared to roads and city rail?
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By Brigid Magner, Associate Professor in Literary Studies, RMIT University
Fiona Wright’s genre-defying social satire will ring bells for people who are locked out of the housing market, and those who care about inequality.
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By Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Chris Cunningham, Professor of Māori and Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Elizabeth Dennett, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Otago
Kerry Chamberlain, Professor of Social and Health Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Richard Egan, Associate Professor of Health Promotion, University of Otago
Doctors have to balance finite resources and uncertain evidence to decide who should get treatments. The decisions are not always based on need or clinical benefits.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On politicians whose only policy is stirring up hate, and the case for taxing gas exports: an edited selection of your views.
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By Tonje Mari Molyneux, Research Scientist and Preventive Pedagogy Specialist, University of British Columbia
Emily Jenkins, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia
A new cross-Canada standard sets out what evidence-informed substance use prevention, education and intervention should look like from kindergarten through Grade 12.
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By Dr. Matt Hoven, Professor and Kule Chair at St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta
Tracy J. Trothen, Professor of Ethics, School of Religion and School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Ontario
Two scholars of religion examine what the devotion to the Montreal Canadiens reveals about spirituality, belonging and what people are actually searching for when they watch the game.
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By S. W. Underwood, Lecturer, Sociology, Simon Fraser University
For many gay men, building a two-father family requires navigating pathways that are complex, uncertain and costly. This significantly lowers rates of gay fatherhood.
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By Philip N. Owens, Professor and FRBC Endowed Research Chair in Landscape Ecology, University of Northern British Columbia
Ellen Petticrew, Professor, Research Chair in Landscape Ecology, University of Northern British Columbia
Jason Raine, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Science, University of Northern British Columbia
Kristen Kieta, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia
Research shows that wildfires are causing more debris, sediment and chemicals to enter waterways, harming fish and other aquatic life.
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By Christopher DeLuca, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies & Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
Michael Holden, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg
Even when grades rise, we shouldn’t assume that every rise is unearned or indefensible. The full picture is messier than that.
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