Natural History of the Present
Rob Brooks – Evolutionary Biologist & Author
Sex robots, according to breathless media reports, are coming. Or, if not, then they are certainly on their way. Robotic androids and gynoids, animated by the 21st Century sorcery of artificial intelligence, stand ready to slide between the sheets and make themselves…
In addition to my research and teaching as an evolutionary biologist, about 20% of my job involves another role: Academic Lead of the UNSW Grand Challenges and Thought Leadership Program. One of the many exciting things we do involves discovering…
By Steven Hamblin; Michael Kasumovic, and Rob Brooks With each passing year, technology percolates further into academic life. The year 2013 might look, in hindsight, like the year academic social media use went mainstream. Numbers of tweets and Facebook likes…