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A month at sea with no technology taught me how to steal my life back from my phone
Originally published in The Conversation.
That's a relief! We have a way to recover phosphorus from our urine
To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at some of the elements used b
Originally published in The Conversation.
Playing with old phones teaches children good habits, and reflects our bad ones back at us
Screens are everywhere, including in the palms of our hands.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Watch the Moon hide the Sun from northern Australia
A partial solar eclipse will occur across northern Australia on December 26.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa
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Last Christmas, my family gathered to organise our Kris Kringle. My sister drew her husband, but they were already buying presents for each other, so we decided to draw again.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?
I’m a geek.
Originally published in The Conversation.
'The size, the grandeur, the peacefulness of being in the dark': what it's like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory
How did our galaxy form?
Originally published in The Conversation.
When did _Homo erectus_ die out? A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years ago
Imagine your child asked you “When did grandma die?” and you could only respond “It was probably a while ago, but it could have been quite recentl
Originally published in The Conversation.
Robot career advisor: AI may soon be able to analyse your tweets to match you to a job
For a greener future, we must accept there's nothing inherently sustainable about going digital
Digital technologies are often put forward as a solution to environmental dilemmas.
The spread of the internet came with claims of a huge reduction in printing, and by replacing paper with bytes, we thought we’d reduce our negative environmental impact
But this early promise of solving environmental problems may not be delivering because digital devices, like most technologies, also have environmental impacts.
Originally published in The Conversation.
