Five RMIT juris doctor students have made a robust case for improved human rights protections in Australia. The students, Brigette Rose, Frank Aloe, Helen Metzger, Luke Fowler and Veronica Snip worked under the supervision of staff at the Centre for ...
More »University of Adelaide gets greener, but not green enough, some say
The University of Adelaide has taken a step towards a cooler planet with the unveiling of its Campus Sustainability Plan. The $14.4 million plan is in line with South Australia’s desire for zero carbon emissions by 2050. Most of these ...
More »Gay panic defence no excuse for murder: SA report
In 2003, Tasmania became the first state in Australia to repeal the use of "gay panic" as a provocation defence; and in March 2017, Queensland became the latest state to revoke its use. This leaves South Australia at odds with ...
More »Fish and microbeads study becomes fishier
Did you or someone you know shun microbeads, common in skin exfoliants, last year? If so, it was probably due to a widely-reported study, published in esteemed journal Science, that found these tiny plastic particles harmed damselfish larvae. Now, following ...
More »Scientists lack consensus on the March for Science
In 2017, vaccines are falsely linked to autism; homeopaths make millions of dollars from snake-oil treatments they claim can cure cancer; and Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier, heads the US Environmental Protection Agency. These facts paint a dystopian picture ...
More »$6 million boost for Monash partnership with children’s hospital
Monash University’s partnership with Melbourne’s Monash Children’s Hospital has been given a $6 million boost to allow medical students to learn within its walls and for clinical trials to be conducted. Monash vice-chancellor professor Margaret Gardner said these funds from ...
More »Political leaning predicts science bias
Small ‘l’ liberals are drawn to blue-sky research, while conservatives are interested in applied science, new research has concluded. The study, Millions of online book co-purchases reveal partisan differences in the consumption of science, published in the journal Nature Human ...
More »UniSA crowdfunding research into suicide prevention, stroke recovery and feral cats
The University of South Australia is pitching its research to the people via a newly announced crowdfunding project. The research that people can contribute funding to includes a project on preventing asylum seeker suicide, a study on helping stroke survivors ...
More »One-third of suspected predatory journals appoint ‘Dr Anna, a fraud’ as editor
One-third of predatory academic journals, targeted in a sting operation, appointed an editor named Dr Anna O Szust, whose name, when translated from Polish to English, means ‘Dr Anna, a fraud'. The journals, of which 120 were suspected of being ...
More »CDU researcher shows self-hurting employment bias against the mentally ill
Simon Moss is an associate professor and psychologist at Charles Darwin University. He has been reviewing the bias against people with mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorders and ADHD when looking for jobs or changing careers. Some of his findings are counterintuitive, ...
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