How queuing leads to city centre violence and what our research says about preventing night-time brawls
People go out at night because they want to socialise, drink and be entertained. Unfortunately, all too often that leads...
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Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about
Satellite data isn't collected and treated the same way location data are. (Shutterstock)When you think about location data on your...
Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal
White teens and teens of color do not have identical online experiences. JGI/Jamie Grill/Tetra images via Getty ImagesMost research on...
Proposed privacy reforms could help Australia play catch-up with other nations. But they fail to tackle targeted ads
ShutterstockIn the recently released Privacy Act Review Report, the Attorney-General’s Department makes numerous important proposals that could see the legislation,...
AI’s threat to Google is more about advertising income than being the number one search engine
Google's dominance in search is undisputed, but could it come under fire? Let's Design Studio/ShutterstockGoogle’s dominance as the most visited...
Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft’s Bing AI so unhinged?
ShutterstockThere’s a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its new Bing search chatbot, Sydney,...
Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balance
These boots were made for superhuman balance. Candler Hobbs, Georgia Institute of TechologyThe Research Brief is a short take about...
Gold mining is one of the world’s most destructive and unnecessary industries – here’s how to end it
Two trucks transport gold ore from Barrick Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales, Australia. Jason Benz Bennee/ShutterstockThe 16th-century King...
Google’s search business doesn’t have to be killed by AI chatbots – here’s the ugly workaround
Days numbered? Ascannio/ShutterstockGoogle’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its...
Cancer evolution is mathematical – how random processes and epigenetics can explain why tumor cells shape-shift, metastasize and resist treatments
Stochasticity is everywhere -- and finding the order in disorder can unlock new ways to understand biology. Erlon Silva -...
