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Guide to the classics: the Arthurian legend

  • Written by: Amy Brown, Doctoral Assistant in Medieval English, University of Geneva
imageHow true is the 'true' story of King Arthur?Shutterstock

The early trailers for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) were released last (northern) summer, which means my favourite season in life as a medievalist academic is coming: the season of The Truth About King Arthur. It doesn’t matter if the movie itself is good...

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Why artificial intelligence has not revolutionised healthcare... yet

  • Written by: Olivier Salvado, Group Leader Biomedical Informatics, CSIRO
imageScans are still largely studied by humans.Shutterstock/bikeriderlondon

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are predicted to be part of the next industrial revolution and could help business and industry save billions of dollars by the next decade.

The tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple, IBM and others are applying artificial intelligence...

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Ten years of backflips over emissions trading leave climate policy in the lurch

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester
imagePrime Minister Turnbull and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg hold a press conference after ratifying the Paris Agreement in November 2016.AAP Image/Lukas Coch, CC BY-SA

Ten years ago on Saturday (December 10) Prime Minister John Howard announced the Coalition government would investigate an emissions trading scheme to reduce...

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