The Victorian government’s decision to reject a second Melbourne injecting room earlier this year provoked a polarised public debate, but one voice was largely missing in the media coverage.
While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.
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.
Parents need to understand how algorithms work. These can drive misogynistic content towards boys and young men, and can make extreme views seem normal.
To counter some of the harmful influences of Andrew Tate and others, we need long-term, critical, and transformational approaches embedded within both curricula and school cultures.
Liars and fake news merchants are profiting from misinformation and disinformation in Indonesia. Can it be fixed?
Young people are getting a dose of social media-driven eco-anxiety, but there are ways we can help them beat it.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
The “What Happens Next?” season premiere explores play’s profound impact on creativity, wellbeing, and learning. Experts unravel how play shapes our lives.
The platform’s handling of harmful content, including disinformation, hate speech and propaganda, has attracted widespread criticism.
There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracture even more.
We asked the artificial intelligence tool what the legal and ethical issues of using it were. Here’s what it told us.
Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?
Little has been said about the potential use and misuse of generative AI, particularly in medicine and healthcare.
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.
Scapegoating Netball Australia players is an effective diversionary tactic for sport and corporate powerbrokers when they enter into ill-advised partnerships.
A new global sleep and mental health survey shows 45% of participants had changed dream experiences during the pandemic.
How we get the balance right between using social media to hold people to account versus the risk of invading people’s privacy depends on the context, of course, and is ultimately about power.
A global research platform is tracking internet usage in the Ukraine, and the online impact of the Russian invasion, in real time.
Indonesia’s government has funded a thorough media literacy program, but rather than stopping misinformation, it may serve to undermine independent thought.
To slow the rising number of radicalised young Australians, we need to raise the political knowledge of all young people, and empower them to become effective change agents.
Even the most innovative use of digital technology in education comes with potential problems, and unforeseen consequences.
How machine learning can play a key role in combating fake news.
New research shows a stark difference between popular ideas about the social media platform and how OnlyFans seeks to present itself.
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