by The Conversation | Jul 18, 2017 | The Conversation
On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320-214 in New York’s freezing Hudson River following a bird strike-induced loss of both engines. All 155 passengers and crew on board US Airways Flight 1549 survived. The incident has...
by The Conversation | Jul 11, 2017 | The Conversation
Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast and Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast The way we design our cities needs a serious rethink. After thousands of years of progress in urban development, we plateaued some 60 years ago. Cities are not safer,...
by The Conversation | Jul 4, 2017 | The Conversation
Andy Martin, University of Melbourne and Kristian Helmerson, Monash University From the fractal patterns of snowflakes to cellular lifeforms, our universe is full of complex phenomena – but how does this complexity arise? “Emergence” describes the ability of...
by The Conversation | Feb 23, 2017 | The Conversation
David Green, Monash University Ants are simple creatures. They live by simple rules: if you see a scrap of food, pick it up; if you see a pile of food, drop the food you are carrying. Out of such simple behaviour, an ant colony emerges. We humans are like the ants....
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