Dec 23, 2021 | Science & Technology
Researchers in biophotonics tell us how they are using fundamental science to create solutions that improve food safety testing and reduce antibiotic resistance. You may not have heard of biophotonics, but you’ve probably used it in everyday life, such as when you...
Dec 23, 2021 | Science & Technology
As our dependence on being connected to the internet grows, so does our need to protect our data and improve our resilience to cyber-attacks. The online world is an environment dense with sensitive information, which inevitably attracts those who want to steal it for...
Dec 22, 2021 | Science & Technology
Our researchers investigate what’s really in the air we breathe and how we can make it cleaner and fresher in our urban areas. The wood burner crackles away merrily, spreading warmth throughout your home. Its smoke goes up the chimney and out of sight. But you may be...
Dec 13, 2021 | Politics & Society
In this talk hosted by Koi Tū: Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland, Associate Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment and Dr Edward Elder will use Vote Compass data to highlight the key lessons learned about political marketing and policy from 2020,...
Dec 8, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Dana M. Bergstrom & Shavawn Donoghue Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms. We tend to think Antarctica is isolated and far away – biologically speaking, this is true. But the continent is...
Dec 7, 2021 | Arts & Culture
By Catriona May Two former official war artists are using art to research how we respond to and cope with, conflict. Throughout history, humans have turned to art to help remember and make sense of war. In Australia, the role of artists as eyewitnesses to conflict was...
Nov 2, 2021 | Arts & Culture
By Anders Furze Although scientific evidence says the Earth is a sphere orbiting the Sun, there are some people around who still think our planet is flat… and social media plays a role. If you type ‘flat Earth’ into Google, you’d be joining a group of people...
Oct 28, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Harriet Edmund An international collaboration has developed a new drug candidate that stops the malaria parasite from breaking down waste, resulting in fatal ‘molecular constipation’ and hope for new treatments. Diseases caused by infectious organisms pose an...
Oct 28, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Laura Revell Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth’s atmosphere, and they affect the climate. Microplastics are found in the most remote places on land and in the ocean as well as in our food. Now several studies around the world have confirmed they...
Oct 26, 2021 | Arts & Culture
David Lloyd speaks with the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, playwright and poet, critic and widely influential postcolonial theorist, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Together, and with special guests Timothy J. Reiss and Noenoe K. Silva they discuss the problem of the colonisation...