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Nature freaks

29 Mar 2022

If we are going to save the planet, UNSW Associate Professor of Environment and Society Tema Milstein says we need to start hugging trees. Westernised humans tend to believe they are separate from nature, which shapes thinking and actions toward the environment. But seeing the world with humans a

5 must-read books about Russia and Ukraine

29 Mar 2022

Here are five books to help you understand what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia, from a must-read history of Ukraine to insights into the Russian soul.

What if the 2022 federal election gives us a hung parliament, but those with the balance of power want Morrison gone?

28 Mar 2022

In 1922-23, Billy Hughes’ Nationalist Party brokered a deal with the Country Party to form government – but only on condition Hughes was no longer prime minister. It’s possible this could play out again.

Artificially intelligent visualisation artistically re-imagines wildfires

28 Mar 2022

A new AI-driven immersive visualisation system will help us address the new generation of extreme fires caused by global warming.

Reclaiming the narrative through First Peoples' creative practice

25 Mar 2022

With culture at its heart, First Peoples’ creative collaboration can transform communities.

Bias, politics and protests: how human laws constrain and sometimes liberate animals

24 Mar 2022

Explicitly intended for a broad, educated audience, Guilty Pigs is an accessible work that reveals there is almost no aspect of the law that does not touch on the lives of nonhuman animals.

Overcoming bias in the next generation: 5 unmissable Australian queer picture books

23 Mar 2022

Because bias is learned from a very early age, reading and learning about diverse experiences cannot start too soon. Here are five Australian picture books that centre on queer stories.

Townhouse with a leased sign out the front

Report highlights post-pandemic housing affordability pressures and rapid rent inflation

22 Mar 2022

UNSW and ACOSS partnership launches an international review of housing and homelessness policies.

Installation view of the generous water giant

'Rich with wonder': the 2022 Sydney Biennale finds connection and relevance in troubled times

17 Mar 2022

The aesthetically captivating 23rd edition of the biennale shows how art can contribute to debates around environmental sustainability.

A social robot, left, dressed in a blouse and cardigan looks at a researcher, right.

"We get the robots we deserve": why robotics needs to move beyond gender

17 Mar 2022

Do robots need a gender? Professor Mari Velonaki of UNSW's Creative Robotics Lab says robots still have male and female stereotypes, but this may change as designers respond to new thinking on gender.

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