PM awards dual winners of Australian Mental Health Prize
06 Nov 2019
Two mental health advocates tackling suicide prevention have been named joint winners of the 2019 Australian Mental Health Prize at UNSW Sydney last night.
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Should you worry about Boeing 737s? Only if you run an airline
Should you worry about Boeing 737s? Only if you run an airline
06 Nov 2019
Qantas has faced calls to ground its entire fleet of Boeing 737s after cracks were found in three aircraft. But the incident is a threat to airlines’ reputations rather than a real risk to passengers.
ABBA, Queen and Coldplay are the new Bach, Beethoven and Mozart
ABBA, Queen and Coldplay are the new Bach, Beethoven and Mozart
06 Nov 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen received the highest number of nominations for great pieces of music in a study involving UNSW.
Is your employee about to call it quits?
Is your employee about to call it quits?
05 Nov 2019
Research has identified a subtle behavioural pattern that indicates who will resign, and when.
Almost 30 per cent of Cambodians borrow money for healthcare
Almost 30 per cent of Cambodians borrow money for healthcare
05 Nov 2019
A new UNSW study has found that unless healthcare is better funded for low socio-economic households in Cambodia, efforts to achieve universal health coverage will be futile.
The medevac law: how does it work?
The medevac law: how does it work?
05 Nov 2019
The legislation allows for the transfer of sick asylum seekers from offshore detention to Australia on the recommendation of medical professionals.
How the mountain pygmy-possum can be saved from climate change
How the mountain pygmy-possum can be saved from climate change
04 Nov 2019
Palaeontologists look to the fossil record to come up with a new strategy to save the endangered mountain pygmy-possum from becoming a climate change casualty.
Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thing
Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let’s not put them in charge of the real thing
01 Nov 2019
StarCraft II is the latest complex game to be conquered by artificial intelligence. But if robots now reign supreme at virtual war, where does that leave us when it comes to real conflict?
Climate scientist awarded Royal Society of Victoria’s top research medal
Climate scientist awarded Royal Society of Victoria’s top research medal
01 Nov 2019
UNSW Sydney Professor Andy Pitman AO, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, has been awarded the RSV’s Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research.
It’s not ‘wild dog’ management – we are just killing dingoes
It’s not ‘wild dog’ management – we are just killing dingoes
01 Nov 2019
Dingo or just wild dog? A new study busts the misconception that pure dingoes are extinct in NSW – and finds several ‘dingo hotspots’ around the state.