Miscellaneity

Located in an underwhelming brick office building with a chiropractor, massage parlour and finance broker, the Go1 office looks like your average suburban business. However, beyond this modest façade is a thriving e-learning start-up with eager young tech and business professionals, funky collaborative workspaces and a growing presence overseas.

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on the planet because they can transmit the causes of a wide range of serious human diseases. The most recent front page mosquito-borne disease is caused by Zika virus. 

Fear of dying – or death anxiety – is often considered to be one of the most common fears. Interestingly though, neither of the two widely used diagnostic psychiatric manuals, DSM-5 or ICD-10, has a specific listing for death anxiety.

Passionate plant ecologist Associate Professor Rod Fensham of the School of Biological Sciences discusses his work on artesian springs - isolated oases in Australia’s semi-arid desert lands.

The Queensland Brain Institute explains the functions of different parts of your brain and what happens if your frontal lobe is impaled by a spike.

UQ Art Museum spends five minutes with Dr Chris McAuliffe, curator of We who love: The Nolan slates.

After years of moral outrage and stern official rhetoric, the odious scandal of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers of the vulnerable people they are sent to protect may finally attract tangible penalties for the organisation. US senators this month threatened to withdraw funding from the UN over its leaders' failure to prevent sexual violence by peacekeepers and to hold perpetrators to account when it occurs. Given that the US funds 28% of the US$8.3 billion annual peacekeeping budget, it's a threat with teeth.

UQ School of Social Science lecturer Dr Yancey Orr and colleague Dr Raymond Orr from the University of Melbourne reflect on how today’s culture has contributed to Donald Trump’s current success in the US presidential race.

Huge land turtles, 8-foot tall kangaroos, massive cold-blooded killer goannas. These are but a few of the giant animals that once roamed Australia. But what happened to these megafauna? When did they go extinct and why?

April 23 will mark 19 years since the death of Professor Dorothy Hill - UQ graduate and teacher, and a pioneer for women in science. Dr Gilbert Price from the UQ School of Earth Sciences reflects on her legacy and the importance of her humble rock hammer.