Social understanding

The current public debate about housing is focused on “silver bullet” solutions. What is needed instead is a comprehensive package of bold interventions, says UQ Urban Planning Associate Professor Dr Dorina Pojani.

Parts of Australia are starting to see cooler weather, and for some of us, that means increasing feelings of hunger and cravings for 'comfort food'. But why?

See how the award-winning team at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre is helping people speak to their loved ones again.

Research News spoke to UQ's Dr Lin Mi about what she thinks will happen next, and what the latest research is telling us about property prices.

Our researchers breakdown the Queensland government's decision to accept in principle recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into the rights of donor-conceived people.

Advanced AI is exciting, but incredibly dangerous in criminals’ hands, writes Senior Research Fellow Dr Brendan Walker-Munro.

Would you eat a burger patty made of fly larvae? Professor Louw Hoffman from The University of Queensland has – and he thinks it could help future-proof our food supply.

When getting angry, yelling and shouting are a default response, this can have negative consequences for children (and parents). Try these science-backed anger management tips for parents.

Researchers have described the most complete skull of a giant wombat – an animal resembling a giant beaver crossed with a modern hairy-nosed wombat.

Mia Johnston, Alana Pettigrew, Rebecca Flanagan and Michael Cox have high aspirations and a great zest for life. They’re living the kinds of lives a UQ research project found is more than possible for people living with Down syndrome.