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The Bupa Foundation invests in healthier, happier communities

Bupa Community Grants Recipient Bupa today announced the recipients of its 2024 Bupa Foundation Community Grants program, with 54 community groups sharing in $520,000 to support programs that build mentally healthy and resilient communities and address the link between planet health and human health. The Community Grants Program started in 2019 and, to date, has […]

Seven must-know technology trends for 2025

By Anthony Woodward, CEO, Logicalis Australia Technological innovation is reshaping business competition rules. Yesterday’s successful strategies may not be enough for tomorrow’s challenges and businesses must adapt to the next wave of advancements, from quantum computing to industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Logicalis Australia has identified seven key trends for organisations to stay ahead in […]

Kyndryl and Microsoft Study: Over Half of Australian Organisations Not Fully Leveraging Technology to Advance Sustainability Goals

Research reveals collaboration and technology gaps within Australian organisations, recognition of AI and data as a powerful catalyst for driving action  Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, today released the Australian findings of the second Global Sustainability Barometer study, commissioned by Microsoft. The study, conducted by Ecosystm, shows that while the majority (83%) of […]

The King of Koalas: Big Al brings Koala of the Month back in style

Big Al Australian Koala Foundation The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is excited to announce the return of Koala of the Month – an initiative that puts a spotlight on a Koala from their Adoption Program. The novelty award is a light-hearted way to acknowledge the program and celebrate the chosen Koala’s unique personality traits and […]

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SCIENCE

Narcissists and Love

Content Warning: This article contains information that might disturb some readers. Love or Ownership? When a narcissist or psychopath uses the word, ‘love’, they don’t mean...

Coloured Lab Grown Diamonds: This Year’s Hottest New Trend

The engagement ring industry is on the cusp of a major transformation, driven by a growing trend: coloured lab-grown diamonds. While traditional diamonds have...

TECHNOLOGY

BCI Innovations for the Quantified Self to Drive Wearable Market Growth

Wearable technology has long been an enabler of the 'quantified self' movement. Fitness trackers and smart watches now offer users a wealth of continuous data...

3G or not 3G – RMIT experts comment on telecom network closure

Telstra and Optus have delayed the closure of their 3G networks until late October over concerns of service blackspots, especially in regional, remote and First Nations communities....

COMPUTERS

Why do people overshare online? 5 expert tips for avoiding social media scandal

Image: Steve Gale / Unsplash Social media are increasingly blurring the lines between our personal and professional lives, leaving us at risk of posting sensitive...

5 big trends in Australians getting scammed

Image: Shutterstock Greed, desire, wishful thinking and naivety are lucrative markets for scam artists – and their age-old hustles are increasingly being supplemented by digital...

ENERGY

Study shows renewables raise food prices

As countries including Australia embrace renewable energy production, a recent study sheds light on some overlooked impacts of this transition. While the benefits of renewable...

A clean energy grid means 10,000km of new transmission lines. They can only be built with community backing

Image: Thomas Despeyroux/Unsplash If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading “Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown...

ENVIRONMENT

Eco Voice Q & A: Stuart Martin, Accounting & Finance Lead, Hays ANZ

Stuart Martin, Accounting & Finance Lead, Hays ANZ Background Stuart Martin is a Business Director at Hays with over ten years Senior Finance recruitment experience.  In addition to leading a large and successful professional services team in Hobart, Stuart plays a strategic and influential role as ANZ Accounting and Finance Lead. To provide insights about […]

Raising the ‘green’ credentials of organic cosmetics

Prof Colin Raston and an early model of the VFD Natural cosmetic products are popular among consumers, with the industry promoting their perceived eco-friendliness. However, both organic and synthetic shampoos, as well as personal care products, often feature lengthy and complex lists of ingredient lists on their packaging. To reduce the energy and chemicals needed […]

BIOLOGY

Laser eye surgery technology – ‘Wavelight Plus’ Now Available

Technology is a vital part of performing effective vision correction procedures. With an absolute commitment to optimal patient outcomes, Dr Rick Wolfe realises the...

Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain

  Image: Shutterstock US startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of...

ASTRONOMY

CSIRO TELESCOPE OFFERS NEW INSIGHT INTO COSMIC MYSTERY

Researchers using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have detected a 'fast radio burst' in a nearby galaxy that...

A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe

Image: NASA/JWST It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images...

SPACE

The Artemis I mission marks the start of a new space race to mine the Moon

Image: NASA / Joel Kowsky NASA plans to launch the Artemis I lunar mission this Saturday, September 3, after a first attempt earlier in the week was cancelled...

After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning

Image: NASA / JPL On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was going...

ARCHEOLOGY

Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in Israel

 Picture: Yossi Zaidner An international group of archaeologists have discovered a missing piece in the story of human evolution. Excavations at the Israeli site of Nesher...

INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTRE TO ADVANCE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The International Space Centre at The University of Western Australia has been awarded Federal funding to advance optical communications between Earth and space –...