What Happens to the Natural World If All the Insects Disappear?
Despite their ubiquity in the animal kingdom, a report warned of a “bugpocalypse”, as surveys indicated that insects are declining at an alarming rate.
What the Coincheck Hack Tells Us About How Australian Regulators Will Handle a Cryptocurrency Hack
In the past eight years, more than a third of all cryptocurrency exchanges have been hacked. The total losses exceed US$1 billion.
The Promise of the Learn to Code Movement
Computer science and programming education must suit the needs of 21st-century learners. Otherwise, the cost will be a disillusioned workforce.
Why Don’t Big Companies Keep Their Computer Systems up To Date?
When senior executives at companies aren’t tech-savvy, they often lack understanding of what’s at stake and how to quickly protect valuable information.
Drug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Doctors With Disciplinary Records
Critics of industry payments to doctors say they can influence recipients to prescribe drugs that cost more, may not be necessary or are similar to cheaper generics.
Scientists Have a Word for Studying the Post-Truth World: Agnotology
Agnotology is not often discussed, because studying the absence of something, in this case knowledge in the post truth world, is incredibly difficult.
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Shows Video Games Can Make Us Think Seriously About Climate Change
Civilization VI, the latest in a popular series of video games adds new features, most notably climate change and natural disasters.
Could Consciousness All Come Down To the Way Things Vibrate?
Why is my consciousness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects?
Endangered Species Could Be Saved From Extinction by Mathematical Models
It’s now possible to predict how likely an endangered species is to go extinct, with mathematical models acting as windows into the future.
Women Are Better Than Men at the Basketball Free Throw Line
Women shoot basketball free throws at 3 percent higher consistency than men. Men and women are very close, but the women edge out the men.
How Big Pharma Is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Drugs do exist to reverse opioid overdoses or treat long-term opioid addiction. But while opioids have become easier and easier to obtain through illicit markets and sellers on the dark web, a drug that could save countless lives has become increasingly out of reach.
The Forgotten Woman of Nuclear Physics Who Deserved a Nobel Prize
Although the Nobel committee never acknowledged its mistake but the U.S. Department of Energy awarded her the prestigious Fermi Award.
Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English
Irish influence on Australian English and on Australians is less than you’d expect on the surface, but everywhere once you start looking.
Efforts To Control Cyber Weapons Ignore the Agents Who Use Them
Global efforts are underway to govern the tools used in cyber attacks, but the expertise of cyber operatives has so far seen limited attention.
THE MYTH OF THE DISAPPEARING BOOK
After years of growth, publishers reported a fall in their e-book sales, introducing new doubts about the potential of e-books in the publishing industry.
Bees Can Perform Basic Math Including Addition And Subtraction
Bees are able to use symbols to perform basic math operations including addition and subtraction, shows new research.
New Caledonian Crows Smart Enough To Solve Tricky Problems
New Caledonian crows can plan out a sequence of three behaviors while using tools in order to solve an intricate problem.
Potent Painkiller Maker Explored Expanding Into Opioid Addiction Treatment Market
Not content with billions of dollars in profits from a potent painkiller, its maker explored expanding into the treatment of opioid addiction.
Clandestine Employment of Indians in Italy
Stay Alive and if Something Moves, Shoot It: The Phenomenal Success of Fortnite
The online videogame Fortnite Battle Royale was launched in September 2017. Since then the game had amassed 125 million active players by June and made US$1.2 billion (A$1.6 billion) for the developer, Epic Games.
Long-Lost Records Surface in Wrongful Conviction Case
When the lawsuit went to trial in 2010, the judge granted a request by attorneys to disallow questioning about the officer’s disciplinary history.
How Realistic Are China’s Plans To Build a Research Station on the Moon?
The first lunar base would likely be an unmanned facility run by automated robotics – similar to Amazon warehouses – to ensure that the necessary infrastructures and support systems are fully operational before people arrive.
Why Do Spiders Have Hairy Legs?
Have you ever seen a spider with ears? Well, no (that would actually look funny!) That’s because spiders use hairs on their legs to listen!
Do Blind People See in Their Dreams?
Researchers found that the born-blind subjects did experience rapid eye movements during sleep, even though they were fewer than the eye movements experienced by sighted individuals.
Space Subjects That Will Get the World’s Attention in 2019
2019 will be a big year for all things related to space; a suggestion borne out by developments at the International Astronautical Federation’s International Astronautical Congress. The event is held each year during the first week of October to commemorate the launch of Sputnik on 4 October 1957.