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Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

See how storytelling, not statistics, can inspire climate action by highlighting resilience and innovation across the Indo-Pacific on a new episode of “What Happens Next?”

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Not so sweet: Tackling the diabetes epidemic in Malaysia

The fight against diabetes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia requires a multifaceted approach that addresses dietary habits, physical activity, and socio-economic factors.

Medicine and health

Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

Bitcoin tops US$80,000, the US dollar surges, and Wall Street indices reach record highs after Trump’s re-election. This economic spectacle raises concerns about the global impact of Trump’s unpredictable policies, especially for Australia.

Business and economy

COP29: The untapped power of India’s self-help groups

Composed primarily of rural women, they’ve been a driving force behind social and economic empowerment, but could they transform from intuitive problem-solvers into organised, scalable forces for climate resilience?

Sustainability

The human health impact of climate change

The world has talked at great lengths about how climate change is an environmental crisis. But what about the human health effects that come from it?

Sustainability

Youth leading the charge: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future

Facing a triple-planetary crisis, our ecological systems need a shift to circular economies. Youth can drive sustainable food systems through mindful choices.

Business and economy

Flying without frying the planet

Sustainable aviation fuel, made from non-petroleum feedstocks, is the most promising path to reducing aviation’s carbon footprint, but it’s not without its challenges.

Engineering

COP29: Overcoming the biofuel roadblocks

Second-generation biofuels made from agricultural residues, wood and plant waste support the shift to sustainable energy, but processing them still has its challenges.

Engineering

Episode 94: Will AI Cut Us Off from Reality?

In the season nine premiere of Monash’s podcast, learn how AI, deepfakes and humanoid robots are transforming human interaction and our perception of reality.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Carrots and sticks: Biodiversity conservation needs both to protect the environment

Research shows the vast majority of Australians aren’t opposed to the government introducing a range of stronger conservation-related policies.

Environment

Thirty-year journey to new schizophrenia drug

The recent approval of a new schizophrenia drug opens the door for newer, safer, and more efficacious treatment options without the unwanted side-effects.

Medicine and health

When dieting becomes disordered eating

An unhealthy obsession with eating well might be more common than you think, and can lead to unintended health issues such as malnutrition.

Medicine and health

Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to spirits living on their land is a normal part of life

The spirit house as a cultural marker of respect and spiritual duty not only acts to appease and honour disturbed spirits, but is also an important expression of traditional land acknowledgement.

Politics and society

The eating disorder few people are talking about

It’s on the rise and affects people of all body sizes and genders, but binge-eating disorder is widely misunderstood and often ignored.

Medicine and health

Wei out in front

She arrived at Monash University 18 years ago, and now Wei Sue is one of many shining examples of the social and economic benefits international students can provide to Australia.

Featured

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.

Science

Fish on Prozac: Chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm

New research reveals how water containing the antidepressant Prozac affects male guppies, raising concerns about the health of aquatic ecosystems exposed to pharmaceutical pollution.

Science

Ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers

Enigmatic organisms called archaea can harvest energy from hydrogen, and new research is revealing exactly how they do it.

Medicine and health

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Complex and interconnected threats to global peace and security demands innovative and interconnected thinking by experts working across academic disciplines and industry sectors.

Politics and society

Unlocking art’s potential to communicate science, medicine as a ‘multisensory language’

The Sensory Science concept grew from the aim to “bring the beauty of the microscope to life for the low-vision and blind community”, and make science more accessible.

Medicine and health

Australian youth pessimistic about their future

Housing affordability, employment and climate change are weighing heavily on young people, according to the 2024 Australian Youth Barometer.

Education

Tackling malnutrition in the aged care sector

Early identification is the first step in addressing malnutrition. This requires systematic routine screening processes.

Medicine and health

Sustainable shopping no longer a trend, but a consumer movement

Pricing and promotions continue to be an influential factor in consumer spending behaviour, but there’s a fast-growing segment of values-driven shoppers.

Business

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Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

Not so sweet: Tackling the diabetes epidemic in Malaysia

Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

COP29: The untapped power of India’s self-help groups

The human health impact of climate change

Youth leading the charge: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future

Flying without frying the planet

COP29: Overcoming the biofuel roadblocks

Episode 94: Will AI Cut Us Off from Reality?

Carrots and sticks: Biodiversity conservation needs both to protect the environment

Thirty-year journey to new schizophrenia drug

When dieting becomes disordered eating

Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to spirits living on their land is a normal part of life

The eating disorder few people are talking about

Wei out in front

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Fish on Prozac: Chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm

Ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Unlocking art’s potential to communicate science, medicine as a ‘multisensory language’

Australian youth pessimistic about their future

Tackling malnutrition in the aged care sector

Sustainable shopping no longer a trend, but a consumer movement