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Roof-top solar panels are just one part of the micropower revolution. Presidency Maldives, CC BY-NC

By Morgan Saletta, University of Melbourne

There is no shortage of shouting and dire warnings about the state of the climate and our need to phase out fossil fuels. But there is a more silent revolution happening too — in micropower.


It's not in the bones, but it might not be in the brain either. X-ray image by Shutterstock

By Andreas Goebel, University of Liverpool


If you don't put a piece of tape over your webcam, get used to being watched. adafruit, CC BY-NC-SA

By Gordon Fletcher, University of Salford


People know that antibiotics won't help viruses. So why ask doctors for antibiotics? Subbotina Anna/Shuttstock

By David Broniatowski, George Washington University; Eili Klein, Johns Hopkins University, and Valerie Reyna, Cornell University


Diversity is listed at the bottom of priorities for human resources professionals in large firms yet many mangers still feel threatened by diversity policies.shutterstock

By Jennifer Whelan, Melbourne Business School

Many large organizations are now on their second or third wave of diversity and inclusion programs.

A good number of them are still struggling to identify obvious improvements in the metrics they hoped to see changes in. Yet, ironically, increasing numbers of people are beginning to express “diversity fatigue”.


Worry only if you have something to hide. Finchen

By Andrew Smith, The Open University

The computer-security firm Symantec says it may have found some of the most sophisticated malicious software ever made.

The cyber-espionage bug, called Regin, has been making attacks for many years without being caught.