To embrace our future as an innovation nation, we'll need to learn from the past
Apr 10, 2016 22:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Australia has many successful, innovative industries, such as wheat, wool, beef, lamb and cotton. And Australians are not averse to taking risks. Our shrewd investments in chancy mining tenements have paid...
Why teachers are unable to stop bias-based bullying
Apr 10, 2016 22:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
State and local lawmakers have put policies in place to address and prevent bullying. Many schools too have implemented interventions to improve school climate to reduce bullying behaviors. Despite these efforts, in my...
Selling smart things in the home. Nest's struggles to make it work
Apr 10, 2016 22:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The world, it seems, is growing increasingly skeptical of the stuttering revolution of the Internet of Things. The latest round of doubt has been ignited by Alphabets Nests decision to shut down any further support for its...
The success of Tesla's Model 3 goes far beyond its affordability
Apr 10, 2016 01:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Tesla Motors has already established its electric cars as fast, well-sized and capable of competing with petrol cars in how far they can go without needing a recharge. Now, the US firm run by Elon Musk appears to have...
Are drones really dangerous to airplanes?
Apr 10, 2016 00:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Imagine boarding a plane. Economy class. Theres a kid behind you kicking the seat. You put on headphones and try to tune out the world. Immediately after takeoff, you feel a thud and hear an explosion over the sound of...
Friday essay: Fury Road, The Force Awakens and the 'real' vs digital effects furphy
Apr 10, 2016 00:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
There has been a lot of talk recently about the superior results achieved with real effects and stunts in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Both films have cleverly traded on audience...
The next Cold War has already begun – in cyberspace
Apr 10, 2016 00:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The world is fighting a hidden war thanks to a massive shift in the technologies countries can use to attack each other. Much like the Cold War, the conflict is being fought indirectly rather than through open declarations...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects