Please Explain
Everything you ever wanted to know
but didn't know who to ask.
Please Explain
Everything you ever wanted to know
but didn't know who to ask.
21 Apr 2020
Oil tanks, driving prices into uncharted waters PLEASE EXPLAIN: Even as major oil-producers have agreed to cut output amid a massive glut, this hasn’t prevented the US oil price falling into negative territory for the first time ever. Dr Lurion De Mello explains how this happened.
06 Jan 2020
Is it possible to learn anything? Organisational Psychologist Professor Mark Wiggins, of Macquarie’s Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise and Training, explains.
29 Dec 2019
What will the average life expectancy be in 100 years? Alexandra Bhatti, Associate Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Health Systems and Populations, explains.
11 Dec 2019
Can we predict when a volcano will erupt? The recent tragedy in New Zealand highlights the difficulties faced by scientists in forecasting volcanic eruptions. Dr Christina Magill, from Macquarie University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explains.
29 Nov 2019
What is the Dark Net and how does it work? Dr Stephen McCombie, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, explains.
18 Nov 2019
Who is Alexander von Humboldt, and why do we care? On the eve of the biennial Humboldt Symposium at Macquarie University this weekend, we asked its chair Ingrid Piller, Humboldtian scholar and Distinguished Professor of Applied Linguistics, to explain.
22 Oct 2019
How do planes stay in the air? Now that Qantas has flown into the history books after completing a record 19-hour flight from New York to Sydney, aeronautical engineer Byron Wilson answers the question on everyone's lips.
10 Aug 2019
How do shells form? PhD student Matthew Kerr, from the Department of Biological Sciences, explains.
07 Aug 2019
Why do we dream? There are many different theories about why we dream, but of all of them, Sigmund Freud’s has proven to be the most provocative. Associate Professor Simon Boag explains.
26 Jun 2019
Right of resistance: the Hong Kong protests explained With protests over an unpopular extradition bill continuing, Amy Barrow from the Macquarie Law School explains the chain of events leading to the latest eruption of the fight for civil liberties and democracy in Hong Kong.
28 May 2019
How should Australia price carbon? Stefan Trueck, Professor of Business Analytics in the Macquarie Business School, explains how carbon pricing works and what method we should adopt.
23 Apr 2019
Why do some young people take drugs at festivals and others don't? Distinguished Professor Ron Rapee, Founding Director of Macquarie’s Centre for Emotional Health, explains.