John explains his enthusiasm for the upcoming Remarkable 2 – a large,…
A Brief History Of Mathematics
Dr Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems at the Royal…
How To Podcast From Home
Piers and John explain how to podcast remotely on a budget. While…
Lingering Concerns Over The Privacy And Security Of Australia’s COVIDSafe App
Piers talks with Dr Ian Storey, a lecturer in Information Systems at…
Are We Cool With The COVIDSafe App?
Piers discusses the Australian Government’s new COVIDSafe app with digital marketer Michael…
4.5 Billion Souls In Lockdown – The Human, Social And Economic Costs
Piers talks with Dr. Ian Storey, lecturer in information systems at RMIT,…
Humankind Grounded By Covid-19
Several space missions have been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And it’s…
Adapting To The New Paradigm
Piers talks with Michael Simonetti, CEO of digital marketing agency AndMine, about…
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John gives us a rundown on how he’s set himself up to…
Building Influence On Social Media (Part 2)
Activist Simon Mulvany pursued his passions through very effective use of social…
The Time That Is Given Us
Musings on a planet changed with blinding speed and our shared futures.…
Building Influence On Social Media (Part 1)
Activist Simon Mulvany built up big followings on Facebook and Instagram and…
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Over the past few years we have been interviewing Simon Mulvany of…
New Moto Razr Disappoints
John reports that the latest ‘flip phone’ from Motorola is a lemon.…
CO2 From Air Into Beer
CSIRO has found a way of capturing carbon dioxide directly from the…
The Importance Of Truth In Advertising
We chat with beekeeper activist Simon Mulvany about the need for more…
Corona Virus Travel Advisory
We outline the World Health Organisation’s recommendations at a time of rising…
UAE’s Hope Orbiter Heading To Mars
Mars is a busy place in 2020. Four more spacecraft are set…
Honey Giant Withdraws Legal Action Against Activist Simon Mulvany
The legal battle that has ground on for years between beekeeper activist…
Tackling Negative Online Reviews
In groundbreaking legal action, a Melbourne dentist has persuaded the Federal Court…
Real Time Prediction Of Suicide
Our digital fingerprints are everywhere. Big data allows all sorts of insights…
Chinese Tech Alliance To Challenge Google Play
Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are teaming up to create the Global…
Solar Orbiter Launched To The Sun’s Poles
Sunday February 9, 2020 saw the successful launch of an Atlas V…
New Hope For Those With Peanut Allergies
An expensive new treatment promises gradually to protect allergic children from accidental…
Software Helping Opiod Makers Push Their Wares
The US Department of Justice accused San Francisco startup Practice Fusion of…
Hunting Ghost Particles At The South Pole
A look at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the amazing astrophysics research…
Precision Landing For Mars 2020 At Jezero
As its July 2020 launch date approaches, more information is coming to…
A New Theory Suggests Aliens Could Use Neutrinos Or Gravitational Waves To Communicate
Imagine a super-advanced civilisation capable of building on a galactic scale, enjoying…
Microsoft Cuts Support For Windows 7 Leaving Millions Vulnerable
Software experts, including our own John Young, are urging Windows users to…
3D-Printed Fake Fish To Hit Supermarket Shelves
San Diego start-up BlueNalu has found a way to make a plant-based…
Post Fires, Will Australia Reconsider Climate Change? (Part 2)
The bushfire emergency has killed over a billion animals and decimated national…
Is Extreme Weather The New Normal?
With bushfires still burning out of control in South Eastern Australia, the…
Post Fires, Will Australia Reconsider Climate Change?
With 1.5% of Australia’s land mass burnt in disastrous bushfires – an…
US Lawmakers Concerned About Personal Data Hosted In China And Russia
There are mounting fears about foreign-made apps hoovering up sensitive personal data.…
Climate Change, Not Just A Rogue Asteroid, Killed The Dinosaurs
Fossilised Antarctic seashells show the planet was unstable, warmed by intense volcanism,…
World’s Oceans Have A Million Times More Plastic Than We Thought
New measurement methods show that pieces of plastic smaller than 5 mm…
Space Bugs That Eat Rock And Metal
Metallosphaera sedula is a single-celled organism and hails from some of the…
Preserving Pirated Scientific Papers
Library Genesis and Sci-Huh have evolved into very popular and massive repositories…
Much Freer Speech On Twitter
The billionaire Tesla CEO successfully fended off a monster US$190 million defamation…
Should A Double Murderer Be Forgotten?
After serving a lengthy jail term, a German criminal wants Der Spiegel…
China’s All-Pervasive Facial Recognition
When you buy a smart phone in China, your face will be…
Radical ‘Flying’ Boats Competing For America’s Cup In 2021
‘AC 75’ hydro foiling monohulls, capable of sailing at over 50 knots…
Do We Really Have To Use Google Search?
Though Google search, thanks to its sheer size, offers the best search…
Noise Concerns Dampen Support For Delivery Drones
After concluding a national drone noise review, the Australian Federal Government has…
Is The Clock TikTok’ing For Spotify?
A new music streaming service from TikTok’s parent company Bytedance could challenge…
Suspended Animation For The Critically Injured
Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have used emergency…
Sun Cable To Deliver Outback Solar To Singapore
Australian billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are lead investors in a…
After 50 years, US Strategic Air Command Retires Its Floppy Disks
The Air Force has completed an upgrade to its Strategic Automated Command…
Suspicionless Device Searches Ruled Illegal
In an important opinion on privacy at borders, US District Court Judge…
CSIRO’s Data61 Identifies AI As Vital To Australian Prosperity
A new report from Australia’s peak science and technology agency says artificial…