For most of the 20th century, it was thought that our closely related ancestors of Eurasia, including the Neanderthals, were not able to express symbolic behaviours comparable to us, Homo…
Instagram and Facebook are stalking you, what can you do about it?
Social media platforms have had some bad press in recent times, largely prompted by the vast extent of their data collection. Now Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has upped…
World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo
Modern medicine seems to advance with time thanks to research breakthroughs. Hence it’s often thought that further into the past, only simpler medical practices existed. The medical expertise of foraging…
World Cities Day at Griffith
To celebrate World Cities Day 2020, an annual awareness day developed to promote global urbanization and sustainable urban development, we spoke to Griffith University’s expert in planning and urban policies, Professor Paul Burton. …
Griffith Celebrates World Food Day
To celebrate World Food Day 2020, an annual awareness day for global food security, we spoke to Griffith University’s expert in local food resilience and contingency, Dr Kimberly Reis. Dr Reis leads Griffith’s Local Food Resilience and Contingency project at the Cities Research Institute. …
Achieving water security in a changing world
A panel discussion presented by the International WaterCentre Achieving water security is fundamental to all sectors of our economy, to the ecosystems in which communities are embedded and to our…
Future Careers in STEM
A panel discussion to explore the forces shaping the future of STEM Careers With the world rapidly adapting in response to the public health pandemic, the effects of globalisation are…
Tasmania’s whale stranding tragedy explained
A desperate rescue effort is underway after hundreds of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) became stranded in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Yesterday, more than 250 pilot whales were reported to…
50 years of Mars exploration
What we have learned, what is still to be discovered During the last 5 decades, Mars has been visited by a number of satellites, landers and rovers. Together this fleet…
Engineering alumni win Pandemic Service Award
Raymond Siems and Callum MacBeth, both Griffith Engineering alumni and their team have created a new UK charity called HEROES to support the NHS during the COVID pandemic winning them…