Fran Molloy

More Australians die in residential fires on average than by all natural hazards combined – and most of these fires are preventable, new research confirms.

Every country girl walking around the 20-hectare campus of Pymble Ladies' College appreciates the wide verandahs, the sweeping lawns, the verdant gardens and the proliferation of eucalypts.
Principal Vicki Waters said it was hard to believe that the "big smoke" of Sydney was on the school's doorstep, just half an hour by train and about 20 kilometres by road to the CBD.
"More than half the girls who board at Pymble come from regional and agricultural families, so our small on-site farm with s...

Magazine editor: As joint editor of this magazine, I was responsible for commissioning and editing features and sponsored editorial for the annual magazine of the Co-Operative Research Centres Association. The Australian government CRC program funds research with industry partners which is worth about half a billion dollars annually; this magazine reports on the year's highlights. I was privileged to work with some of Australia's leading scientists, researchers and some of Australia's best science writers. The magazine was published by award-winning independent publisher Refraction Media.

This long-form feature explores the wild ways of the Dark Net, highlighting the research of Dr James Martin and featuring Macquarie's postgraduate course.

UNSW will be home to the first Torch Innovation Precinct outside China, the new Australian technology park.
In a ceremony in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People in April 2016, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and China’s Premier Li Keqiang signed off on one of the most ambitious government-backed international research initiatives in recent history: the new Australian technology park.
For the first time, the China Torch Program will establish a science park outside China, on the UNSW...

Siobhan O'Brien's honours year project investigates prosthetic hands – specifically, how to optimise mechanical control systems to understand simple messages of intention from muscle movement in a person's arm.
"I love being able to do something to better the human body. I'm making a version of Iron Man!" O'Brien says.
She's just finished a Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical) and B Science double degree at the University of Wollongong.
From future-gazing 3D printed structures of living cells...

This story in the Sydney Morning Herald looks at options for counselling careers. While clinical psychologists must do 6 years of tertiary education, other degrees and courses offer shorter training.

This feature in the Sydney Morning Herald 2017 HSC Study Guide explores options for Australian students to study overseas.

Feature for 'Postgraduate Futures' magazine: Prepare to undergo personality tests, scenarios, and virtual challenges to get the best jobs with the most forward-thinking companies.

CSIRO is working with Chile's fisheries service to boost aquaculture by setting ‘triple bottom line’ production targets to limit economic, environmental and social impacts.

Feature for 'Postgraduate Futures' Magazine 2017: Skip the Interview: Can you go from Student Work to Dream Job - without even having an interview?

Were ancient monuments, architecture and art - like Stonehenge, and aboriginal rock paintings - used by oral cultures as memory systems designed to store vast amounts of knowledge? Dr Lynne Kelly's theory of archaeorality suggests that ancient cultures had encyclopaedic learning systems.

First Robotics competitions attract more than 460,000 students worldwide and see teams from independent and public schools, typically aged 14-18, designing, building, programming and driving robots.

Kids as young as ten are winning national awards for their IT projects.

North Stradbroke Island has gained a cultural festival – and some very cool eco shacks – thanks to an Indigenous enterprise. I wrote this story for the Qantas in-flight magazine.