Arts and mental health festival returns to tackle life’s biggest anxieties
25 Sep 2019
The 2019 Big Anxiety Festival seeks to breakdown stigma and build empathy to battle mental health
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“Rats laugh when tickled”: leading animal and emotions author to talk to UNSW students
“Rats laugh when tickled”: leading animal and emotions author to talk to UNSW students
25 Sep 2019
Former Freudian psychoanalyst Dr Jeffrey Masson says it’s important to understand that animals have the same emotions as humans.
Do you know where your data is? Why we choose convenience over privacy
Do you know where your data is? Why we choose convenience over privacy
25 Sep 2019
Worth more than oil and gold, our data is taken freely and willingly, but can we go offline when the world is switched on?
After Rana Plaza: are workers in clothing factories better off?
After Rana Plaza: are workers in clothing factories better off?
25 Sep 2019
After the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, have conditions in garment factories improved?
'Transformer' rooms and robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
‘Transformer’ rooms and robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
24 Sep 2019
With space at a premium, robotic furniture can transform a room in seconds. How will this affect our sense of belonging and feeling at home, when everything can change with a voice command?
Professor joins global investigation of digitalisation and health
Professor joins global investigation of digitalisation and health
24 Sep 2019
Professor Deborah Lupton will ask how digital development can help millions of people live healthier, longer lives.
UNSW Professor wins international award for sustainable energy tech
UNSW Professor wins international award for sustainable energy tech
23 Sep 2019
Scientia Professor Mat Santamouris is a recognised leader in creating sustainable and liveable cities using innovative methods, techniques and technologies
'Edible forests' can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time
‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time
23 Sep 2019
Himalayan villages are growing food in the forests, a traditional model that can fight both land clearing and world hunger.
New book reveals modern slavery is all around us
New book reveals modern slavery is all around us
23 Sep 2019
Addressing Modern Slavery examines how consumers, business and government can help eradicate one of the big challenges of our time.
How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
23 Sep 2019
UNSW researchers show gliding animals are an evolutionary surprise because their innovation did not lead to a proliferation of new adaptive forms.