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Unknown unknowns
Open Forum | October 12, 2024New experimental data support the idea that people tend to assume the information they have is adequate to comprehend a given situation, without considering that they might be lacking key information.
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AI to the rescue
Open Forum | October 12, 2024The concept of an AI chat bot delivering postcode-specific disaster information developed by psychology postgraduate students at James Cook University won the 2024 Disaster Challenge.
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Boosting indigenous employment
Open Forum | October 11, 2024A new study from the Australian National University has found that Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia employ Indigenous staff at a rate 12 times higher than non-Indigenous-owned firms.
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Slippery slope
Samuel Cornell | October 11, 2024Social media posts of risky escapades at spectacular locations are still encouraging a stampede of copycats with sometimes disastrous results.
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Securing security in the Pacific
Blake Johnson | October 11, 2024It’s time for the Pacific to talk about ground rules in the security sector.
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The flight from China
Zhuowen Li | October 10, 2024The current flight of foreign capital investment in China is a sign of changing geopolitical and economic realities and will further weaken the Chinese economy in the long term.
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Juice it up
Per Henningsgaard | October 10, 2024Tim Winton’s first novel in 6 years is set hundreds of years in the future when climate change has rendered large parts of the globe uninhabitable.
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The dirty side of greenwashing
Seda Yildirim | October 10, 2024There can be a fine line between green marketing and greenwashing but some businesses practices are clearly dishonest and deliberately misleading.
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Protecting our under-sea cables
Jocelinn Kang | October 9, 2024Subsea cables are the backbone of our global communication system and as the economic and security value of data continues to grow, it’s crucial that an island nation such as Australia protects this critical infrastructure.
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Help for hoarders
Jessica Grisham | October 9, 2024Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is one of the few effective treatments for a range of mental and emotional health issues, including anxiety and depression, and shows promise for helping hoarders kick their habit and lead more normal lives.
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Friend or foe?
Nafis Alam | October 9, 2024Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword which can help both enhance transparency or perpetuate false claims on sustainability efforts.
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Even the UN struggles to meet gender parity goals
Chin Huat Wong | October 8, 2024Despite calling for greater gender equality around the world, the UN’s leadership is still heavily weighted towards men, with only a fraction of member states appointing female diplomats despite global targets for representation.
