Posts related to Science & technology
It’s good to talk – the many methods and levels of communication
May 03 2023PhD student speaks about the differing forms of communication for humans and animals – and her experience of returning to university in her late 40s
Content Moderators: The fire fighters of the internet
April 04 2023The Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) highlights the damaging impact that child sex abuse material can have on content moderators
Devastating cost of ignoring human factors exposed in ferry sinking
November 11 2022MDX academic Roger Kline, who will appear in an upcoming Channel 5 documentary on the sinking of The Herald of Free Enterprise, explains what caused the disaster.
All systems shutdown: how do governments use the “Internet kill switch” to hide violations to human rights?
October 07 2022Dr Mahdi Aiash, Senior Lecturer in Computing & Communications, describes what total and partial Internet shutdowns ordered by repressive regimes involve and how they can be bypassed
The freedom to think: stating the obvious?
July 27 2022MDX legal academic Beth Shiner explains how the freedom of thought, which is the foundation of all rights, has been impacted by the rise of technology ahead of an international virtual symposium
Speaking Up: Contributing to the fight against gender-based violence online
December 17 2021MDX academics explain why more needs to be done to tackle gender-based cyber violence.
New perspectives on evolutionary theory revealed
November 30 2021Tom Dickins explains how popular theories on evolutionary biology have changed in modern times
Iran’s cyber ‘revenge’: it’s not if, but when
January 07 2020Dr Mahdi Aiash writes about the potential cyber backlash the West may face following the US military airstrike of January 2020.
The Chip Exploit: Is it the tip of an iceberg?
January 10 2018Dr Mahdi Aiash explains how new vulnerabilities in computer processors should change the way we protect our devices
WannaCry: The Story and Lessons
May 17 2017How did the WannaCry ransomware do such widespread damage? Dr Mahdi Aiash explains.