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Paul Grabowsky Executive Director of the Monash Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA)

Art and soul

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Natalie Doyle Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Cultures, Literatures and Linguistics

Beyond a rebuild

More than an architectural marvel, it remains to be seen if the damaged Notre-Dame will be caught up in the divisions of French society, or play a role as a symbol of unity.

More than an architectural marvel, it remains to be seen if the damaged Notre-Dame will be caught up in the divisions of French society, or play a role as a symbol of unity.

Technology And Engineering

Alexa Delbosc Senior lecturer, Civil Engineering

Vicious cycle of resentment

A new study suggests the "dehumanisation" of cyclists could be contributing to acts of aggression towards them on the road.

A new study suggests the "dehumanisation" of cyclists could be contributing to acts of aggression towards them on the road.

Rebecca Dare Managing Director, Australian Consumer and Retail Studies, Monash Business School

When love lies bleeding

The gruesome origins of Valentine's Day are a far cry from today's rampant commercialism that's now facing a growing backlash.

The gruesome origins of Valentine's Day are a far cry from today's rampant commercialism that's now facing a growing backlash.

Eugene Chan Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing

Would sir prefer the loin?

New research shows that sexually motivated men are more likely to seek a steak.

New research shows that sexually motivated men are more likely to seek a steak.

Ashley Buckle Associate Professor (Research), Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Life is a battle against disorder

There is no life without enzymes. But how did the evolution of these complex molecules get going more than three billion years ago? We describe a new mechanism that may help to understand how order is created from disorder, and the starting points for protein evolution.

There is no life without enzymes. But how did the evolution of these complex molecules get going more than three billion years ago? We describe a new mechanism that may help to understand how order is created from disorder, and the starting points for protein evolution.

Technology And Engineering

Kevin Korb Associate Professor, Reader, Faculty of Information Technology

Fighting back against fake news

We used game theory to show you only need a small amount of fake news to disrupt any group discussion. But we also found a way you can fight back.

We used game theory to show you only need a small amount of fake news to disrupt any group discussion. But we also found a way you can fight back.

Medicine and health

Jan Kaslin Research Fellow, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

Medicine and health

Talking 'bout regeneration

For the stem cell researchers at ARMI, one small 'superfish' holds the key to repairing the brain and spinal cord in humans.

For the stem cell researchers at ARMI, one small 'superfish' holds the key to repairing the brain and spinal cord in humans.

Science

Bob Wong Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences

Science

Drugs and bugs: what's lurking in our waterways

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Eugene Chan Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing

Mind over maggot

Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.

Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.