Tag: life and news
‘Cloud first’ sounds like a breeze, but it’s not always smooth...
By Dan Jerker B. Svantesson
The Australian government’s all about the cloud, with the Attorney-General and Ministers for Finance and Communications announcing their “cloud first”...
Six wearables and apps to improve health and happiness
By Sue Thomas, Bournemouth University
The age of the wearable is fast upon us, and many of the new products we’re going to see in...
How myths and tabloids feed on anomalies in science
By Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of...
Supplies of rare earth materials are still far from secure
By Raimund Bleischwitz, University College London
Materials essential for technology products such as electric vehicles, wind turbines or hard disks, known as rare earth elements,...
How trade agreements are locking in a broken patent system
By Hazel Moir, Australian National University
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new...
Will the true voice on climate change please stand up?
By Toby Miller, Cardiff University
Who should political leaders follow when it comes to climate change: environmental scientists, powerful corporations, or a million marchers? Sometimes...
First goal of UN sustainability targets should be to not conflict...
By Lucien Georgeson, University College London and Mark Maslin, University College London
The UN’s proposed sustainability targets are riddled with conflicts that could make them...
Could crowd-sourced policing turn us into vigilantes – or bedroom super...
By David S. Wall, Durham University
An increasingly popular weekend pastime among fans of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse and others, are murder mystery...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
