Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
Beyond offering enhanced protection, “self-healing” rubber gloves could significantly contribute to the reduction of waste, resource consumption, and overall environmental impact.
The world’s most advanced artificial heart, including a pipeline of transformative, next-generation cardiac technologies, are set to be developed and commercialised by a Monash University-led consortium.
While large language models such as ChatGPT offer vast potential in reshaping educational methods, the challenges are many.
In an Australian first, a third-year undergraduate unit in Monash Arts has been partnered with New York-based Scholars At Risk in real-world advocacy projects for imprisoned academics.
Are the rapid advancements in AI, medicine and neuroscience propelling us towards a transhumanist future?
Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.
You can’t save the planet on your own. Take a deep breath, take some notes from these leading experts – and then take action.
A short Australian documentary is a refreshing celebration of “the ordinary” in the prevailing media narrative regarding transgender individuals in our society.
Giraffes are the latest animals to show they can solve tasks using statistical reasoning – and the only one to do this with a small brain relative to body size.
XBB. 1.5 and other subvariants do signal a change in how the virus is mutating. Here’s what this means for Australia and globally.
The battle lines being drawn between Israel’s judiciary and government has potential long-range implications on the country’s very essence as a Jewish and democratic state.
In the AI age, rewarding the beauty of our imperfections by designing learning activities and assessments that reframe “deficiencies” as human assets that can be complemented by AI could be the way forward.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – their potential benefits, and downsides.
On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, learn about efforts to preserve languages, and how our words can build a more inclusive society.
The teeth of the tammar wallaby don’t grow in the way you’d expect – and scientists want to know why.
Season seven of Monash University’s podcast, ‘What Happens Next?’, kicks off with a focus on focus. Has the average attention span dropped in the age of social media and smartphones?
The large-scale protests across Iran are a culmination of everything that’s gone wrong with the country since the 1979 revolution.
The news that a robot broke a seven-year-old’s finger in a chess tournament raises a fundamental legal question: Who’s liable for the acts of a robot?
How is the way we currently consume fashion pressuring the environment and supply chains? Where will we find ourselves in 50 years if our behaviours don’t change? And importantly … what will we wear?
A career U-turn led Associate Professor Adeel Razi to the forefront of research aiming to develop next-generation mental health therapies.
A controversial exhibition in Amsterdam could represent another step towards enhancing friendship between two former foes, but highlights how the violence of the past can neither be completely erased from public memory.
The morality of vigilantism needs to be determined case by case. What’s certain is that we should not uncritically celebrate our “hero” vigilantes, fictional or real.
2022 will be the year we finally have all the means, measures, and tools to control the pandemic to a non-lethal state.
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