Science and Technology
Advancing our world with audacious ideas
Science and Technology
Advancing our world with audacious ideas
Backyard bird count shines a light on urban bird life
Ban the post-lockdown blues, pick up some binoculars and explore your own backyard during National Bird Week.
What to do if you find fossils or artefacts
Imagine stumbling on a fossil or Indigenous artefact on your property or in a public place. What do you do next? A new website offers some ideas.
Living Seawalls in global spotlight for boosting marine habitat
The Living Seawalls project led by Macquarie University scientists could help remediate the environmental impacts of a global boom in marine construction.
NASA astrobiologist Abigail Allwood on the Mars Rover mission
Dr Abigail Allwood is a pioneering geologist and research scientist working with NASA. She is also the first woman and the first Australian to lead an investigation on the Mars Rover Mission.
Stars in their eyes: how to get kids hooked on science
How do scientists develop a passion for science and how do they ignite curiosity in their own children? The Lighthouse talked to a marine biologist, an astronomer and a volcanologist to find out.
Saving the bees: $300,000 grant for early warning system in hives
In a two-year pilot program, Macquarie University scientists will test whether high-precision electronic sensors can monitor hive temperatures and alert beekeepers when precious colonies are in danger.
Please explain: Why are honey bees so important?
The honey bee population is under threat, with widespread consequences for agriculture. Professor Andrew Barron from Macquarie University’s Department of Biological Sciences explains what’s happening to bees and what can be done to protect them.
Starbugs to boldly go further into astronomy's final frontiers
Small robots called Starbugs designed for large land-based survey telescopes by Macquarie University’s Astronomical Optics team, will give astronomers unprecedented access to galaxies that existed long ago – and far, far away.
Attack of the self-driving cars
Malware attacks on the control systems of self-driving cars could have disastrous outcomes, but new research from Macquarie University shows how car makers can detect and prevent them.
New whale super groups gather for bubble-net buffets
New humpback whale group feeding behaviours seen along Australia's south-east coastline could be related to a recent whale baby-boom, according to new Macquarie University research.
Human attention secrets cracked in bid to avoid digital-age disasters
With self-driving cars around the corner, breakthrough research at Macquarie University is tackling the dangers that lurk when humans hand their decision-making over to computers.
Hackers could bring down our cities – here's how we stop them
Cyber security experts defend our vital infrastructure against a constant stream of cyber attacks such as May's Colonial Pipeline shutdown in the US – and a new ‘smart city’ model developed at Macquarie University is helping in their quest.