From producing a transmedia digital hub to launching an internationally-touring immersive exhibition, Associate Professor Tony Moore’s Conviction Politics points to the importance of leading with an enterprising mindset in academia.
With the major awards season over, 2024 is becoming the year for women in music, but a lack of information and knowledge about sexual violence in music spaces and other creative places can dampen this newfound visibility.
The technology to link human brains with computers is developing quickly – but the path ahead is full of challenges.
School-leavers want flexibility and gig work offers it. But how will that affect the economy?
A telescope can reveal so much of the night sky, including Saturn’s rings and the Moon’s craters, but choosing the right telescope is a difficult decision. Here’s what you need to know.
The growing gulf between policy spaces and research communities in Indonesia has been apparent in recent years, as evidenced in the use of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to the enactment of new laws and regulation.
Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.
The “What Happens Next?” season premiere explores play’s profound impact on creativity, wellbeing, and learning. Experts unravel how play shapes our lives.
Deep-sea mining technology is a new field, and researchers want more data on its impacts.
A new research program will target biological causes and possible treatments, including anti-psychotic drugs, brain stimulation and hormones.
The Victorian Heart Hospital, which opened in February, brings researchers to where the patients are, and already there’s a real buzz about the place.
Our attention's pulled in more directions than ever before. Can we build our mental muscles and regain our focus?
Season seven of Monash University’s podcast, ‘What Happens Next?’, kicks off with a focus on focus. Has the average attention span dropped in the age of social media and smartphones?
Healthcare is increasingly turning to AI to make patient care more effective, safe, and efficient, but the question remains: Does the reality match the intentions?
Star player Bailey Smith’s recent drug photo scandal has highlighted the need to review and change the contentious AFL three-strikes policy, and improve support mechanisms for highly anxious footballers.
The risks associated with illegal mobile phone use while driving are poorly understood, so what can be done to deter it?
An app that can track our movements and calling the police for us with just one touch is a powerful temptation, but technological solutions aren’t benign and apolitical.
Biometrics technology offers to cut the Gordian knot of passwords, usernames, PIN and QR codes, as well as passports and vaccine cards – but at what cost?
For decades, climate change misinformation has poisoned public discourse, but there are strategies to combat it.
If humans are programming artificial intelligence, are we stuck with the human biases that inadvertently work their way into AI systems?
Researchers have developed a device that could revolutionise the science of sleep, and its effect on the human mind and body.
Public-space cameras are meant to make us feel safer, but women don’t always see them that way.
This episode explores the age of surveillance we live in, how it can help humanity – and how it can be used to hurt us.
Will we see driverless cars, personalised public transport and flying taxis in the future? In this episode we ask the experts what the future of travel looks like.
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