Ransomware has become a rising threat within government, business and academic circles, but there are ways to protect against it.
With the media and legal bar set so high seven years after the global awakening of #MeToo, it’s an ongoing battle for female victim-survivors to provide bulletproof evidence in the contested spaces of “she said/he said”.
Sexual deepfake abuse silences women, causing lasting harm, and laws to protect them are inconsistent. A global approach is vital if society truly wants to address the problem.
Victoria is set to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 this year, but questions remain as to what responses should be implemented to improve outcomes for young offenders and the community.
A new forensic tool was instrumental in identifying a drowning victim whose remains had lain submerged for 94 years.
A new United Nations report, informed by Monash academic Bebe Loff’s research, offers a practical and evidence-based roadmap for preventing and helping eradicate femicides worldwide.
Most of us have heard of epilepsy. Lesser known to the public is that seizures can lead to an uncommon but fatal complication known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
What legal sanctions might be applicable now that Victoria Police has reopened its investigation into Melbourne’s Adass Israel School board and the alleged role it played in assisting former principal and convicted paedophile Malka Leifer to flee Australia?
As the death toll mounts from the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, research is underway to utilise facial recognition technology to identify victims in future catastrophes.
Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.
A drug-monitoring program in hospital emergency departments is tracking the alarming rise of strange new psychoactive synthetic drugs in Australia.
A by-product of above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s is helping forensic scientists determine an unidentified person’s time-of-death.
Researchers are working to transform conventional CCTV cameras into autonomously intelligent systems that can detect crimes in real time.
There are about 50 sexual assaults in Australian aged care homes every week, but staff are expected to assess the severity and impact of incidents without training.
While data to the end of January 2021 shows suicide didn’t increase in COVID-stricken Victoria, there’s still deep concern about the longer-term effects of the pandemic on mental health.
“Stranger danger” now lurks less in the streets, and more in adult dating apps, gaming sites and consoles, and social media.
Public-space cameras are meant to make us feel safer, but women don’t always see them that way.
Speaking from her own experience, Julie Dempsey has become an authoritative voice in improving mental health care.
Work placements put Monash University medicine and pharmacy students on the COVID-19 frontline.
A study highlights the systemic and cultural problems in mathematics departments – and why fewer women than men pursue a career in the field.
The need for physical autopsies may be reduced through a project in which digital 3D anatomical models can more accurately map bullet trajectories.
For the first time in human history, the world's population is rapidly ageing, and in an ageist society we're ill-prepared to handle it. A Different Lens explores the challenges of an ageing population.
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Australia's parliament will soon decide on a bill to try to regulate facial recognition technology, but plenty of questions remain unanswered.
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