By Clare Davidson & Aylin Malcolm Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several Australian birds, including wild magpies and kookaburras. They’ve yet to discover the exact mechanism through which this happens. Nonetheless, their discovery would have fascinated medieval scientists, who were just as engaged
By Sheila Badwan Every day at Hanan Relief Group (HRG), I am reminded of the profound resilience of the human spirit. The refugees who arrive in our community have endured war, persecution, displacement, and deep loss. Yet they show up ready to rebuild not only their futures, but their sense of home, belonging, and purpose.
By BGraham Strahle The quizzically named ‘Born in Vienna’ concerts might have had one guessing at the start. With a title such as this, thoughts of Johann Strauss waltzes were circulating in the mind, conjuring up visions perhaps of Vienna’s much televised New Year’s Day concerts. But no, this three-part concert series was rather weightier
By Hilary Pearson What do we really know about ultra-wealthy donors? A new book reports the results of a third major survey of wealthy UK donors and will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the motivations, fears, and expectations of their potential donors. Rich Expectations: Why Rich People Give, by Beth Breeze and
ByJessica Russ-Smith & Michelle Lazarus In the eyes of big AI companies such as OpenAI, the troves of data on the internet are highly valuable. They scrape photos, videos, books, blog posts, albums, painting, photographs and much more to train their products such as ChatGPT – usually without any compensation to or consent from the
