• Neuroscience

    The dress and the rabbit


    Alan Stevenson |  April 25, 2024


    Optical illusions and ambiguous pictures are more than parlour puzzles but can open our eyes to the scientific study of human perception and the role our brains play in shaping what we think we see.


  • Environment

    Robots on the reef


    Open Forum |  April 25, 2024


    QUT researchers have developed a robot to capture images of baby tank-grown corals destined for the Great Barrier Reef. The system will help keep the growing corals happy and healthy before they are deployed and save researchers thousands of hours of coral counting time.


  • Culture

    Not in my name


    Roger Chao |  April 25, 2024


    The appalling events in Bondi Junction have given us all pause for thought in recent days, in a world where such horrors are all too common.


Latest Story

  • In praise of vitamin K

    Doug Fenwick     |      July 11, 2020

    How many of you can “plank” for over an hour? Octogenarian Doug Fenwick can, and he puts his recovery from serious illness and current remarkable fitness down to Vitamin K.

  • The road to recovery

    Dawn Lo     |      July 10, 2020

    Even as Victoria confronts a six-week shutdown in response to emerging coronavirus cases, other states are reopening. Policy responses must reflect the needs of the most vulnerable, say UNSW Business School’s Leisa Sargent and John Piggott.

  • Shareholder activism can combat climate change

    Victoria Tichá     |      July 10, 2020

    Corporate Australia must learn to better engage with shareholder activists – especially around climate change – before it’s too late, UNSW Business School research shows.

  • Ready for lift-off?

    Malcolm Davis     |      July 10, 2020

    The release last week of Australia’s defence strategic update, and its accompanying force structure plan, gives this nation the opportunity to align its defence space policy with that of the US.

  • Australia’s new defence paradigm

    Geoffrey Barker     |      July 9, 2020

    Prompted by China’s increasingly coercive international behaviour, Australia’s revised defence policy looks to protect Australian interests and support global resistance to Beijing’s rising brutality.

  • The business risk of climate change

    Ebony Stansfield     |      July 9, 2020

    The cost of not reducing greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be ignored by business, and in this landscape, all asset owners and investors should be planning now for the ongoing viability of their portfolios.

  • Meet your new robot health coach

    Nicole Robinson     |      July 9, 2020

    New research shows “social robots” can help people lose weight by delivering multiple sessions of advice and support without the need for human intervention.

  • 5 ways oil and gas firms are embracing sustainability

    Derek Lotts     |      July 8, 2020

    The world needs more long-term strategies that focus on sustainability rather than profit. With such an approach, even today’s oil and gas giants can stand the test of time, manage to reduce their carbon footprint, and enable growth.

  • How COVID-19 exposed the flaws in aged care

    Tracey Bruce     |      July 8, 2020

    There are many critical lessons arising out of COVID 19 for all sectors but governments, policy makers and bureaucrats need to pay particular attention to the deficiencies it has underlined in Australia’s aged care sector.

  • Science needs to look inward to move forward

    Andrew Trounson     |      July 8, 2020

    Robust science depends on encouraging and incentivising more open and transparent practices in research – now, metascientists are looking at what works and what doesn’t.

  • Social support and mental wellbeing in retirement

    Life Course Centre     |      July 8, 2020

    While retirement is a significant life event, there has been little research on whether and how social support may evolve around retirement.

  • Ethics in business – A call for systems change and frameworks for wicked problems

    Sophie Mayo     |      July 7, 2020

    As Semester 1 of her Masters of Commerce draws to a close, GAP research assistant Sophie Mayo reflects on findings from her studies of Ethics in International Business, highlighting some of the moral challenges facing business and the role ethical frameworks can play in sparking systemic change.