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Researching the researchers
Open Forum | November 20, 2023Research plays a pivotal role in society. Through research, we gain new understandings, test theories and make discoveries, but how do we know if individual research projects being conducted in Australia are good quality?
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Countering the conspiracy mongers
Zim Nwokora | November 19, 2023Trying to shut down conspiracy theories with laws and regulation isn’t working so it may be time to try something different.
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Grokking Grok
Nataliya Ilyushina | November 19, 2023In a typically cavalier move, Elon Musk released an AI tool that disregards all the premises of safety engraved in the Bletchley declaration a few days after warning against the dangers of AI at that conference.
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The word for world is forest
Open Forum | November 19, 2023The importance of protecting the Earth’s remaining forests and planting more trees has been underlined by a new report on the phenomenal ability of plants to pull carbon from the atmosphere.
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Jaw jaw about war, war
Maria Tumarkin | November 18, 2023In a world riven by war in Europe and the Middle East, the art of conversation offers people a chance to think as well as communicate what they are thinking, and few people love such conversations more than Rai Gaita.
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New tool helps Vanuatu face up to climate change
Open Forum | November 18, 2023The Climate Futures Portal will help people in Vanuatu integrate climate information into long-term sector planning, policies and design guides, and strengthen their nation’s climate resilience.
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Misconstruing misinformation
Max Thomas | November 18, 2023The defeat of the Voice referendum has been blamed on latent racism and misinformation, but the Prime Minister was repeatedly warned the referendum would fail if recognition was linked to the Voice.
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The identity trap
Hugh Breakey | November 17, 2023Yascha Mounk’s new book skewers the fashionable but flawed paradigm of post-Marxist identity politics which splits people into social groups to stoke conflict and revel in ‘oppression’.
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Greenwashing corporate emissions
Open Forum | November 17, 2023A new study estimates most corporations are not reporting the full scope of their carbon footprint with many claiming to be ‘green’ despite a lack of reporting on indirect, upstream and downstream emissions.
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Summertime city
Samantha Dunn | November 17, 2023As Australia heads into an El Nino summer, UNSW’s Dr Negin Nazarian, an expert in urban climate, explains 5 crucial strategies to keep cities – and people – cooler.
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A step in the right direction
Blake Johnson | November 16, 2023The Falepili Union shows Australia willingness to help with the Pacific’s climate mitigation and security needs, and may well set a precedent for being willing to support broader migration and climate adaptation funding.
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Arms control and AI
David Heslop | November 16, 2023US and Chinese leaders are attending the APEC summit in San Francisco in an age of deteriorating international relationships and rapid innovation in defence, driven by new technology and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.