For 20 years, consulting firm Gartner have been calling the future of technology using its now iconic “Hype Cycle”. The Hype Cycle: from hype to reality The Hype Cycle breaks the introduction of new technologies…
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On my first day as curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, Pat Larter and Lola Ryan’s artworks were shown to me in order to demonstrate the idiosyncrasies of the once-private collection. But…
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a condition that brings out the best in people. First and foremost, there are the people who themselves have autism, who bring extraordinary talents, skills and diversity into…
On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 17 (MH17) – an international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur – crashed in eastern Ukraine. All 298 passengers and crew were killed. It appears…
In what is fast becoming a regular negotiating tactic, Amazon has halted pre-orders of DVDs and Blue-Ray discs of some Disney movies. This includes titles such as “Maleficent,” and “Captain America: The…
French economist Thomas Piketty and his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century are a global publishing phenomenon. But while Piketty’s writing on wealth inequality has been widely debated, far fewer…
Driving from Perth to New Norcia to see a new exhibition devoted to the township’s founder, Bishop Rosendo Salvado, takes about two hours. It’s an enjoyable trip, cutting through the wide expanse of countryside…
Watching politicians explain metadata has descended into black comedy as both Brandis and Abbott have tried to make distinctions about something that they clearly don’t understand. Both have resorted to…
It sounds like a good idea on paper. Teach for Australia is a federal government program designed to attract talented graduates into the teaching profession by providing a fast-track career change. Education…
The part of the brain responsible for the fight-or-flight response also plays a key role in unconsciously processing a face’s trustworthiness – in a matter of milliseconds. A study published today in The…
The National Broadband Network (NBN) was one of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s grand gestures. Sweeping to power in 2007, he quickly set to fixing Australia’s problems in education, health and productivity…
As confirmation of just how vulnerable we all are to computer malware, two researchers presenting at this week’s Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas will demonstrate that we can no longer trust the…
In the movie Minority Report, Tom Cruise’s character is personally greeted by a virtual assistant as he enters a clothing store after cameras scan his retinas and identify him (incorrectly, but that is…
The next time you wash your hands with a liquid soap claiming to be antibacterial, keep in mind that you may not actually be sanitising them. There’s no evidence that the antibacterial ingredients of such…
It would be easy to take Facebook’s recent earnings as a signal that the advertising world had reached a tipping point. Facebook’s results continued to be positive with a 61% increase in quarterly revenue…
The Donnelly-Wiltshire Review of the Australian Curriculum is due at the end of the month. We know a bit about what the reviewers thought before they began, but what have submissions to the review told…
A recent paper in the British Medical Journal suggests that evidence-based medicine is in crisis. Evidence-based medicine is based on the practice of employing treatments that have scientific research…
Prominent Indigenous Australian Noel Pearson is promoting Direct Instruction in Cape York schools, prominent educationalists have dismissed it as “pedagogy for the poor”, and Education Minister Christopher…
The pain, it seems, is not over for former Nokia workers as their new employer, Microsoft, prepares to cut its workforce by a massive 18,000. Although Microsoft has not announced where all of these cuts…
On Monday June 30 the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a scientific paper, led by Andrés Cozar from the University of Cádiz (Spain) and co-authored by…
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Research Associate in galaxy evolution, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Professor and Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychological Science | Freelance Research Consultant, The University of Western Australia
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ARC Future Fellow in Marine Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Staff Scientist, Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, Brookfield Zoo Chicago, and PhD Researcher, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Research fellow, Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Negotiation, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia
