On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
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The Oxford professor making sense of the world's data

An Oxford professor who developed free software which can analyse and visualise huge amounts of data has been recognised for his efforts by a global prize. Prof Brian Ripley has spent the past three ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How university degrees became a dating deal breaker

Two aspects stand out in Tanvi Patel's recollection of her first date with the man who would eventually become her husband. First, it was the longest social encounter she'd had with anyone, ever. "We ...
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Finland must collect data on teachers to restore PISA rankings, Harvard professor says

In the view of Harvard professor and influential US economist Raj Chetty, Finland must bring in national exams and collect data on teachers if the country wants to return to the top of the PISA ...