While there are benefits to using algorithmic decision-making, including efficiency, cost savings and operational transparency, its use can also have unintended negative consequences. This was the case with Centrelink’s Online Compliance Intervention program – otherwise known as Robodebt.
Three UQ Business and Economic experts share insights on housing, investment and wages growth, as inflation in Australia hits its highest level in more than 20 years.
Our choice of partner can have a direct effect on the genomes of our descendants, an Institute for Molecular Bioscience researcher has found. Learn how.
Tiny ‘live’ brain models are being used at The University of Queensland to study a condition causing high-functioning young people with down syndrome to suddenly regress. See how it works.
Take a look inside the new Minderoo Centre – Plastics and Human Health. Here, researchers will discover whether there are plastic particles in our brains, blood, or urine.
The Russia-Ukraine crisis is already a human catastrophe. And it could also prove disastrous for climate action by slowing the global energy transition, says Dr Vigya Sharma.
