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The New Payments Platform may mean faster transactions, but it won't be safer

  • Written by: Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
The New Payments Platform may mean faster transactions, but it won't be saferThe New Payments Platform could lead to more fraud and abuse.Shutterstock

Australians will finally enjoy the ability to send each other money in “real time”, with the launch of the New Payments Platform (NPP) today. The platform is a mixture of new processes for settling transactions between banks, guided by the Reserve Bank of...

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Why the not-for-profit cultural sector needs tailor-made copyright safe harbours

  • Written by: Graeme Austin, Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Why the not-for-profit cultural sector needs tailor-made copyright safe harboursThere are many ways the not-for-profit GLAM sector - public galleries, libraries, archives and museums - could be protected from potential copyright damages claims.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

A bill before the Australian Parliament will extend immunities from copyright infringement currently enjoyed by internet service providers (ISPs) to...

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What is your real 'biological age', and what does this mean for your health?

  • Written by: Carissa Bonner, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
What is your real 'biological age', and what does this mean for your health?Biological age calculators are a crude measurement but can be a wake-up call to improve our lifestyle.Lorene Farrugia

Age-based risk calculators that work out your “real biological age” are increasingly popular. We hear about body age on health shows like How to Stay Young; gyms promote reductions in metabolic age and fitness age; games...

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The shocking facts revealed: how sharks and other animals evolved electroreception to find their prey

  • Written by: Benedict King, PhD candidate in vertebrate palaeontology, Flinders University
The shocking facts revealed: how sharks and other animals evolved electroreception to find their preyToday's sharks are known to use electroreception to find their prey.Shutterstock/solarseven

Many creatures can use electric fields to communicate, sense predators or stun their prey with powerful electric shocks, but how this ability came about was a mystery.

Our new paper, published this week in the journal Palaeontology, details how this...

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