Tag: Science

Australian Clinicans Not Declaring Conflict of Interest For Pharma Funded Studies: Experts

Researchers from the University of Sydney have called for “more transparency” after their review has revealed that nearly half of 120 pharmaceutical trials had missing or omitted declarations of conflict of interest (COI). “Disclosures are crucial to keeping research transparent,” said co-author Assoc. Prof. Barbara Mintzes from the University of Sydney. Conflicts of interest in…


Just More than 2 Percent of University Wifi Used On Education, Study Finds

A recent study on students at a university in the UK has found that just more than two percent of the total internet activity though the university’s WiFi was used on education. “There was four times more social media activity, ten times more search activity and three times more shopping activity over the academic year…


Leading Research Body Lambasted for Banning Melbourne Uni From Grants Over ‘Six White Men’ Award

Australia’s largest medical research foundation has been criticised for prioritising “equality” over “merits” after cutting the University of Melbourne from future grants because the school awarded its honorary doctorates to six white men. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which has donated over $90 million to medical research in the last two years and donated $16…


Uni Loses Grants for Awarding ‘6 White Men’ Doctorates

Australia’s largest medical research foundation has been criticised for prioritising “equality” over “merits” after cutting the University of Melbourne from future grants because the school awarded its honorary doctorates to six white men. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which has donated over AU$90 million (US$65 million) to medical research in the last two years and…


Renewables Now Make Up a Third of Australia’s Energy

Australia has set a new record for renewables output for the fifth year in a row, with solar, wind, and hydropower now making up around a third of Australia’s energy mix. It coincides with 2021 being a record year for solar uptake, with more than one in four Australian homes decorated with rooftop solar panels….


Divine Messengers | Socrates Secrets (Episode 2)

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western…


[COMING SOON] Divine Messengers | Socrates Secrets (Episode 2)

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western…


Biden’s Crypto EO Weighs Climate Change, Ponders Digital Dollar

President Joe Biden’s Wednesday executive order on cryptocurrency outlines a range of new policy objectives and measures, including language on the climate-related effects of cryptocurrencies and on the potential for a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC). “We must take strong steps to reduce the risks that digital assets could pose to … climate change and…


Airbus, Fortescue to Pioneer Hydrogen Planes

Aerospace giant Airbus and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) have allied with the goal of creating a hydrogen-based aircraft by 2035. FFI, the green energy brainchild of mining billionaire Andew Forrest, has followed its founder’s ambitions in advancing carbon-free hydrogen as a fuel of the future. Both of the companies have ramped up efforts to research…


Australian Researchers Find Wheat Gene More Resilient to Hot, Dry Climate

Australian researchers have discovered a new method that could allow the growth of more wheat in harsher climates, according to a new report. Published in the Nature Climate Change journal, the research found a potential strategy revolving around sowing wheat earlier and deeper, by taking advantage of stored soil water. However, modern varieties of semi-dwarf…