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.
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.
19 Mar 2019
Is memory decline an inevitable part of ageing? Dr Joyce Siette, Research Fellow at Macquarie University’s Australian Institute for Health Innovation, explains.
15 Mar 2019
What is a low-carbon economy? Professor Martina Linnenluecke, head of Macquarie Business School's Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, explains.
07 Mar 2019
Vox pop: What needs to change to get more women into science top jobs? A chemist, a geologist and a young scientist are among five Macquarie University leaders who we asked what needs to change to get more women into top jobs in science.
21 Feb 2019
Why should academics and industry collaborate? Industry funding of academic research can be a win-win situation, explains Anna Grocholsky, Macquarie’s Director of Commercialisation and Innovation.
24 Jan 2019
Why do petrol prices fluctuate so much? Dr Lurion De Mello, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Finance, explains.
10 Jan 2019
Why are teenagers argumentative? Dr Natasha Magson, Research Associate at Macquarie University's Centre for Emotional Health, explains.
04 Dec 2018
Why do whales strand themselves? Dr Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University marine biologist and whale expert, explains.
22 Nov 2018
What causes a dust storm? The extraordinary weather that caused dust storms across NSW in November was triggered by a large, swirling low pressure system characterised by strong winds and thunderstorms.
22 Oct 2018
How is interstellar dust formed? Astrophysicist Tayyaba Zafar, from the new Australian Astronomical Optics team at Macquarie, explains.