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Is Recognition Enough? Protestors on Palestinian Statehood
On 21 September, the Australian government formally recognised the State of Palestine. But for the tens of thousands who marched through Brisbane last month, that move was only a first step – not the finish… Read more
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Recap of the 2025 Australian Federal Election
THE Labor Party has won the 2025 Australian Federal Election in a landslide. As of now, Labor has won 93 seats in the House of Representatives, the Liberal-National Coalition has won 40 seats, 12 seats… Read more
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Griffith Dragons Fall Short in Low-Scoring Affair
By Riley O’Leary for The Griffith Journal May 10 2025 The Griffith Dragons have lost 16 points to 10 against the UQ Hounds in a tightly fought contest on Wednesday night. In front of an… Read more
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You’re Not As Free As You Think: What Science Says About Free Will
Do we actually choose anything freely—or are we just watching decisions bubble up from our brains and pretending we’re in charge? The question of free will isn’t just philosophical fluff. It underpins everything from our… Read more
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Griffith Dragons Fight Bravely in Thrilling ANZAC Day Clash
By Riley O’Leary for the Griffith Journal 26 April 2025 The Griffith Dragons have gone down to the QUT Trouts 40 points to 26 in a tightly contested affair, during the opening round of the… Read more
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Alvin Lucier Died in 2021. His Brain Is Now Making Music.
Four years after his death, composer Alvin Lucier is producing new music. Inside a gallery in Perth, Western Australia, a clump of Lucier’s brain cells—grown in a lab and suspended on a 64-electrode mesh—fires bursts… Read more
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What Will Happen in the 2025 Federal Election?
By Riley O’Leary for the Griffith Journal 26 April 2025 The 2025 Federal Election is set to be one of the closest in a long while, taking place on May 3, 2025. This election will… Read more
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Organoid Intelligence – The Rise of Biocomputing
There has been a belief for a while now—that AI isn’t actually real AI. ChatGPT and similar tools are basically just fancy search engines. They analyze vast amounts of data, interpret patterns, and generate responses. They… Read more
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We Grew Living Brains in Jars—And We Might Have to Kill Them
In my last piece, I wrote about the rise of organoid intelligence—tiny brain-like structures grown from stem cells that can learn, adapt, and interact with virtual environments. They’re not just mimicking intelligence. They’re developing it… Read more
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Are We Living Inside a Black Hole? James Webb Telescope Data Sparks a Radical Rethink of the Universe’s Origins
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again delivered observations that challenge the boundaries of contemporary cosmology. A recent study using data from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) revealed a strange imbalance:… Read more
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A New Inheritance Mechanism Unrelated to DNA or RNA Discovered by Chance
A team of scientists at the University of Toronto has discovered, entirely by accident, a groundbreaking mechanism of inheritance that could redefine our understanding of biology. While investigating cancer signalling pathways in a species of… Read more
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