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This tiny Australian spider uses a high‑powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/this-tiny-australian-spider-uses-a-highpowered-web-catapult-to-trap-and-eat-aggressive-ants Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:44:03 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/this-tiny-australian-spider-uses-a-highpowered-web-catapult-to-trap-and-eat-aggressive-ants large 'His fight is our fight': MND researchers pay tribute to Daniher https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/neale-daniher-fight-mnd Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:17:13 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/neale-daniher-fight-mnd large Keeping the peace in the ocean: What science tells us about risk, deterrents and living with sharks https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/keeping-the-peace-in-the-water Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:56:32 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/keeping-the-peace-in-the-water large How a priceless collection of ancient coins reveal the changing face of history https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/how-a-priceless-collection-of-ancient-coins-reveal-the-changing-face-of-history Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:30:33 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/how-a-priceless-collection-of-ancient-coins-reveal-the-changing-face-of-history large Why some bees are more at risk from climate change than others https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/bees-and-climate-change Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:27:55 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/bees-and-climate-change large White power symbol or subconscious twitch? How an Aussie ref landed in a World Cup controversy  https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/white-power-symbol-or-subconscious-twitch-how-an-aussie-ref-landed-in-a-world-cup-controversy Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:37:19 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/white-power-symbol-or-subconscious-twitch-how-an-aussie-ref-landed-in-a-world-cup-controversy large How Macquarie clinicians are taking women’s healthier bodies to heart https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/how-macquarie-clinicians-are-taking-womens-healthier-bodies-to-heart Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:37:16 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/how-macquarie-clinicians-are-taking-womens-healthier-bodies-to-heart large Meet the MQ accounting student taking on Kevin De Bruyne at the World Cup https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/lachlan-bayliss-fifa-world-cup Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:33:34 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/lachlan-bayliss-fifa-world-cup 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 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:28:53 +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 Four out of five cigarettes smoked in Australia are illegal. What’s in them? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/four-out-of-five-cigarettes-smoked-in-australia-are-illegal.-whats-in-them Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:08:52 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/four-out-of-five-cigarettes-smoked-in-australia-are-illegal.-whats-in-them large Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked.-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:50:00 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked.-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime large Yes, friendship breakups can be just as painful as romantic ones. We asked an expert why https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/yes,-friendship-breakups-can-be-just-as-painful-as-romantic-ones.-we-asked-an-expert-why Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:04:56 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/yes,-friendship-breakups-can-be-just-as-painful-as-romantic-ones.-we-asked-an-expert-why large People are using AI to communicate without disclosing it. Is this morally wrong? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/is-ai-use-for-personal-communication-ethical Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:29:39 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/is-ai-use-for-personal-communication-ethical large Dupe or design theft? Sabo takes on Shein and Kmart in epic battle https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/sabo-take-on-fast-fashion-brands Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:52:44 +1000 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/june-2026/sabo-take-on-fast-fashion-brands large 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 ‘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