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Macquarie University receives highest accolade for LGBTQIA+ inclusion https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/macquarie-university-receives-highest-accolade-for-lgbtqia-inclusion Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:35:59 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/macquarie-university-receives-highest-accolade-for-lgbtqia-inclusion large Not A Souvenir: Exhibit turns racist Aboriginalia into an act of truth‑telling https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/not-a-souvenir-tony-albert-exhibit-turns-racist-aboriginalia-into-a-powerful-act-of-truthtelling Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:04:04 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/not-a-souvenir-tony-albert-exhibit-turns-racist-aboriginalia-into-a-powerful-act-of-truthtelling large 'Don’t give up your study goals': 85-year-old graduate shares a powerful lesson on resilience https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/dont-give-up-your-study-goals-85-year-old-graduate-shares-a-powerful-lesson-on-resilience Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:44:33 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/dont-give-up-your-study-goals-85-year-old-graduate-shares-a-powerful-lesson-on-resilience large Depression, anxiety can occur in just 14 days without daily habits https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/big-5-for-mental-health Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:25:27 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/big-5-for-mental-health large Green dreams or green teams? Why companies can no longer get away with greenwashing the C-suite https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/green-dreams-or-green-teams-why-companies-can-no-longer-get-away-with-greenwashing-the-c-suite Fri, 29 May 2026 15:56:28 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/green-dreams-or-green-teams-why-companies-can-no-longer-get-away-with-greenwashing-the-c-suite large ‘Hitting the political sweet spot’ - why One Nation’s gas proposal appeals to a frustrated electorate https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/hitting-the-political-sweet-spot-why-one-nations-gas-proposal-appeals-to-a-frustrated-electorate Wed, 27 May 2026 15:59:34 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/hitting-the-political-sweet-spot-why-one-nations-gas-proposal-appeals-to-a-frustrated-electorate large How a collection of preserved animals is reconnecting us with life through death https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/how-a-collection-of-preserved-animals-is-reconnecting-us-with-life-through-death Tue, 26 May 2026 10:49:12 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/how-a-collection-of-preserved-animals-is-reconnecting-us-with-life-through-death large Psychologist shortfall to hit 96% by 2038 as sector urges government action https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/demand-for-psychologists-to-outstrip-supply-by-96-in-2038 Tue, 26 May 2026 09:29:09 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/demand-for-psychologists-to-outstrip-supply-by-96-in-2038 large Student engineers ignite Macquarie’s first liquid rocket engine project https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/nerva-one-liquid-fuel-rockets Fri, 22 May 2026 11:07:31 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/nerva-one-liquid-fuel-rockets large Timmy the stranded whale is dead. Please, let’s put animal welfare first and human emotion second https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/timmy-the-whale Wed, 20 May 2026 14:40:09 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/timmy-the-whale large Bedtime stories by ChatGPT? The AI children’s book boom explained https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/ai-and-children-books Tue, 19 May 2026 10:51:46 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/ai-and-children-books large Clear-eyed cosmos: MQ engineers focus new Gemini North view in Hawaii https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/gemini-north-telescope-hawaii Tue, 19 May 2026 10:41:45 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/gemini-north-telescope-hawaii large ‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion‑dollar empire https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/mr-beast-poverty-porn Fri, 15 May 2026 10:23:59 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/mr-beast-poverty-porn large Why some of the most successful startup founders are ‘a bit toxic’ https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/toxic-startup-founders Tue, 12 May 2026 13:24:16 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/toxic-startup-founders large We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/ancient-mass-graves-in-sahara Tue, 12 May 2026 12:59:21 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/ancient-mass-graves-in-sahara large With challenge comes opportunity: how AI is transforming Indonesia’s digital economy https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/indonesia-forum-at-macquarie Tue, 12 May 2026 09:15:05 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/indonesia-forum-at-macquarie large The copyright fight that could chill investigative reporting https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/peter-greste-high-court Mon, 11 May 2026 15:28:20 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/peter-greste-high-court large Is swiping right dead? Why Gen Z is swapping Tinder for talk https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/is-swiping-right-dead-why-gen-z-is-swapping-tinder-for-talk Mon, 11 May 2026 09:13:54 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/is-swiping-right-dead-why-gen-z-is-swapping-tinder-for-talk large Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/do-we-absorb-information-better-on-paper,-rather-than-screens-it-depends-on-the-screen Fri, 08 May 2026 11:25:42 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/do-we-absorb-information-better-on-paper,-rather-than-screens-it-depends-on-the-screen large The government’s plans to bolster Australia’s fuel stores are sensible – but 5 years too late https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/the-governments-plans-to-bolster-australias-fuel-stores-are-sensible-but-5-years-too-late Thu, 07 May 2026 12:35:16 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/the-governments-plans-to-bolster-australias-fuel-stores-are-sensible-but-5-years-too-late large 'It’s helped create this awesome daughter of mine': Mental Health Fun Run returns to Macquarie University https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/lifespan-fun-run Wed, 06 May 2026 15:05:34 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/lifespan-fun-run large Meth drone crash lands in Wollongong, signals new era of hi-tech drug trade https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/drug-drone-delivery-crash-exposes-impossible-problem-for-police Tue, 05 May 2026 15:14:24 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/drug-drone-delivery-crash-exposes-impossible-problem-for-police large Homeless man’s lonely death sparks a call for change in Australia https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/homeless-mans-lonely-death-sparks-a-call-for-change-in-australia Tue, 05 May 2026 13:03:29 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/homeless-mans-lonely-death-sparks-a-call-for-change-in-australia large Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/kylie-moore-gilbert-on-hostages Tue, 05 May 2026 12:53:20 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/kylie-moore-gilbert-on-hostages large Whale gaping: Citizen scientists key to discovering rare Humpback behaviour https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/new-research-whale-gaping Tue, 05 May 2026 11:52:00 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/new-research-whale-gaping large Necro-branding: Why are deceased celebrities like Michael Jackson still popular when dead? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/necrobranding-new-research Tue, 05 May 2026 10:23:48 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/necrobranding-new-research large Australia and Japan face a similar dilemma: how to be indispensable to the US without relying on it https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/japanese-visit-to-australia Mon, 04 May 2026 09:47:55 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/may-2026/japanese-visit-to-australia large One TV series won’t change the world. But The Assembly certainly changed how I teach https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/the-assembly-season-3 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:32:09 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/the-assembly-season-3 large ‘They’re my people’: radio presenter James Valentine truly understood his audience https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/james-valentine-obituary Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:41:54 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/james-valentine-obituary large Beyond discovery: Garry Myers’ move to Macquarie University to advance RNA research https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/garry-myers-move-to-macquarie-university Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:49:08 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/garry-myers-move-to-macquarie-university large Push for 25% gas export tax intensifies as Inquiry hears billions are being lost https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/push-for-25-gas-export-tax-intensifies-as-inquiry-hears-billions-are-being-lost Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:43:22 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/push-for-25-gas-export-tax-intensifies-as-inquiry-hears-billions-are-being-lost large ‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AI https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/how-indigenous-peoples-think-about-ai Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:43:00 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/how-indigenous-peoples-think-about-ai large From dominance to decline: what went wrong for Myer and David Jones? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/what-went-wrong-for-australias-retail-giants Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:23:35 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/what-went-wrong-for-australias-retail-giants large OpenClaw and the security risks of AI frenzy https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/openclaw-and-the-security-risks-of-ai-frenzy Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:50:17 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/openclaw-and-the-security-risks-of-ai-frenzy large Salt, science, and steel: Meet the female engineers transforming ‘unloved’ mineral resources https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/salt,-science,-and-steel-meet-the-female-engineers-transforming-unloved-mineral-resources Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:31:04 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/salt,-science,-and-steel-meet-the-female-engineers-transforming-unloved-mineral-resources large Do you taste words or hear colours? Here’s the neuroscience behind synaesthesia https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/the-neuroscience-behind-synaesthesia Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:52:23 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/the-neuroscience-behind-synaesthesia large Academic by day, music producer by night: Inside the hidden life of Steve Collins https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/academic-by-day,-music-producer-by-night-inside-the-hidden-life-of-steve-collins Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:33:32 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/academic-by-day,-music-producer-by-night-inside-the-hidden-life-of-steve-collins large AI promises growth in Southeast Asia – but at what cost? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/southeast-asia-ai-dilemma Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:48:43 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/southeast-asia-ai-dilemma large The extreme goes mainstream: Louis Theroux enters the manosphere, leaving us wanting out https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/the-extreme-goes-mainstream-louis-theroux-enters-the-manosphere,-leaving-us-wanting-out Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:06:28 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/the-extreme-goes-mainstream-louis-theroux-enters-the-manosphere,-leaving-us-wanting-out large Sugary drink purchases could be cut by up to 30% with simple policy changes https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/policymakers-and-sugary-drink-tax Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:04:37 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/policymakers-and-sugary-drink-tax large From bias to balance: how AI can reshape hiring decisions https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/how-ai-can-reshape-hiring-decisions Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:15:16 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/how-ai-can-reshape-hiring-decisions large An ancient oracle warned invading Persia would backfire – from Croesus to Trump, rulers have failed to listen https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/an-ancient-oracle-warned-invading-persia-would-backfire-from-croesus-to-trump,-rulers-have-failed-to-listen Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:12:41 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/an-ancient-oracle-warned-invading-persia-would-backfire-from-croesus-to-trump,-rulers-have-failed-to-listen large What one killing reveals about NSW’s shifting criminal landscape https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/vince-hurley-on-nsw-violence Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:32:28 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/vince-hurley-on-nsw-violence large 'Deadliest cancer': Mel Schilling tragedy sparks urgent wave of bowel cancer screenings  https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/mel-schilling-sparks-wave-of-bowel-cancer-screenings Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:42:25 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/mel-schilling-sparks-wave-of-bowel-cancer-screenings large Shell-shocked: Are the prices of Easter chocolate the final crack in Aussie budgets? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/shell-shocked-are-the-prices-of-easter-chocolate-the-final-crack-in-aussie-budgets Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:17:48 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/shell-shocked-are-the-prices-of-easter-chocolate-the-final-crack-in-aussie-budgets large Recording the lost voices of the Sydney AIDS crisis https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/untold-stories-darlinghurst-aids-crisis Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:14:09 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/untold-stories-darlinghurst-aids-crisis large A leap of hope: meet the researchers fighting frog extinction https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/a-leap-of-hope-meet-the-researchers-fighting-frog-extinction Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:55:16 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/a-leap-of-hope-meet-the-researchers-fighting-frog-extinction large Mosquitoes may hold the key to saving endangered Australian wildlife https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/mosquitoes-in-kakadu Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:40:03 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/mosquitoes-in-kakadu large How hearing loss is hitting Australians’ earnings https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/hearing-loss-hitting-earnings Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:43:38 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/hearing-loss-hitting-earnings large Why Middle East gas field attacks could send energy prices soaring https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/middle-east-gas-field-attacks Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:11:00 +1100 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/march-2026/middle-east-gas-field-attacks large