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Meet your new robot health coach
Nicole Robinson | July 9, 2020New research shows “social robots” can help people lose weight by delivering multiple sessions of advice and support without the need for human intervention.
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Science needs to look inward to move forward
Andrew Trounson | July 8, 2020Robust science depends on encouraging and incentivising more open and transparent practices in research – now, metascientists are looking at what works and what doesn’t.
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The future of virtual reality in tourism
Open Forum | July 4, 2020Tourism has been brought to a standstill around the world, but new doors are opening for virtual and augmented reality to reshape the industry as it edges towards recovery.
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Watch the skies!
Alan Stevenson | June 30, 2020The release of footage from US Navy jets tracking fast moving, unidentified craft has rekindled interest in the possibility of alien visitors from distant worlds.
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Beware the digital butler
Alan Stevenson | June 23, 2020Digital personal assistants from Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech giants may offer a degree of convenience, but users should be wary of them taking an ever greater interest in our personal affairs.
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Facing up to facial recognition
Niels Wouters | May 26, 2020Facial recognition technology is one tool in the fight against COVID-19, but once the pandemic ends, is surveillance tech going to entrench itself in our society?
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Bring “bio-hackers” into the fold
Andrew Lapworth | May 13, 2020Biohackers and other ‘connoisseurs of science’ have important social and scientific contributions to make and should be accepted into the established scientific community.
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The internet v COVID-19
Elaine Wong | April 22, 2020With a much greater number of us schooling, working and streaming from home during the COVID-19 crisis, what are the risks to our internet during the pandemic?
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Medical research must deliver the solution
Michael Mintrom | April 20, 2020There is an urgent need for more coordinated funding to fight COVID-19, both in terms of improving treatment and eventually developing a vaccine if we are to get on top of the crisis.
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Privacy v the pandemic
Patrick Fair | April 17, 2020Government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19 in helping to monitor possible contacts, however the use of such data raises a host of privacy questions.
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Q&A – Debunking the 5G conspiracy theory
Rodney Croft | April 14, 2020The absurd idea that new 5G mobile data technology might be responsible for causing or spreading the coronavirus has led to cell-towers being attacked in Britain and elsewhere. In this article, radiation expert Professor Rodney Croft from the University of Wollongong answers your questions and debunks the conspiracy.
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Legislation + assessment = privacy
Malcolm Crompton | April 9, 2020A formula to assess the privacy risks of information platforms could play a useful role in protecting the public, informing investors and shaping government policy.