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Martin Singh Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

It was a dark and stormy night ...

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

Business and economy

Business And Economy

Business and economy

Joining the dots

The 'key player' concept is a window into how social networks influence behaviour.

Yves Zenou Professor of Economics, and Richard Snape Chair, Department of Economics

The 'key player' concept is a window into how social networks influence behaviour.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Smart machines, numb humans

Will the rise of algorithmic decision-making and AI threaten the essential elements of being human?

Mark Andrejevic Professor, Communications and Media Studies

Will the rise of algorithmic decision-making and AI threaten the essential elements of being human?

John Lattanzio Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

The man who saved the Moon landing

Ultimately, the most famous step in history may never have been taken if it wasn’t for a mission simulation 15 days earlier.

Ultimately, the most famous step in history may never have been taken if it wasn’t for a mission simulation 15 days earlier.

Education

At what cost kindergarten?

Recent controversy over virtual preschool provision raises broader questions over what priorities and values are driving our education systems.

Neil Selwyn Professor, Faculty of Education

Recent controversy over virtual preschool provision raises broader questions over what priorities and values are driving our education systems.

Technology And Engineering

Chao Chen Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mission to Mars

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Michael Brown Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

Looking back in wonder

When you look up at the vastness of space you can see hundreds, thousands and even millions of years into the past.

When you look up at the vastness of space you can see hundreds, thousands and even millions of years into the past.

Meera Parish Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

The new breed of power rangers

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Medicine and health

Monash Life Magazine

Medicine and health

Duty of care empowered by a beautiful idea

Everything about the development of CareMonkey shows that a desire to do good can inspire entrepreneurs with the next big idea. Monash Life speaks with CareMonkey's inventor, Troy Westley.

Monash University

Everything about the development of CareMonkey shows that a desire to do good can inspire entrepreneurs with the next big idea. Monash Life speaks with CareMonkey's inventor, Troy Westley.

Carsten Rudolph Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology

Containing the digital tsunami

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.