How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health

Awe is a complex emotion triggered by vast, overwhelming experiences that challenge understanding—producing feelings from wonder to fear. It shifts brain focus outward, can calm or stress, and may enhance wellbeing, connection, and meaning.

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Strategic Influence

What would an ADF that spends 2.5% or 3% of GDP actually look like?

The author asserts that Australia must redefine its middle-power military as a force-design challenge, shifting from outdated dependency models toward self-reliance, stronger industrial capability, and adaptable force structures aligned to the evolving strategic environment.

Wedgetail over Poland

Communication & Cognition

AI and the Self You Left Behind

AI doesn’t diminish intelligence, but encourages outsourcing thought which leads to gradual estrangement from one’s thinking process. The greatest risk falls on strong thinkers, as reduced cognitive friction erodes growth, authorship, and connection to self.

Police equipment can be tracked via Bluetooth. What about your phone, watch and headphones?

A cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police devices allows officers to be detected and tracked via unique signals. Similarly, most Bluetooth devices can be tracked; though modern devices often use privacy features to reduce this risk.

Air & Space Power

US develops advanced drop-in jet fuel for long-range strikes without engine redesigns

CycloKinetics launched a defence-focused propulsion portfolio featuring high-energy drop-in fuels for military aircraft, missiles, and rockets; designed to improve range, endurance, thermal stability, and operational efficiency without major propulsion system redesigns.

Elizabeth Reef

Strategic Influence

China is remaking the South China Sea with a return to island-building

Antelope Reef has rapidly transformed into a major strategic outpost. Renewed island-building highlights a shift where physical presence and infrastructure shape control more than legal claims, showing sustained activity can influence outcomes despite international rules.

Military History

The U.S. Invasion of Veracruz, Mexico

The United States’ invasion of Veracruz in 1914 illustrated rapid policy escalation and reversal after miscalculation of objectives and unintended escalation of conflict, resulting in subsequent diplomatic withdrawal following operational and political fallout.

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RAAF No. 44 Wing Deployable Defence Air Traffic Management and Control System Radar

Strategic Influence

What would an ADF that spends 2.5% or 3% of GDP actually look like?

The author asserts that Australia must redefine its middle-power military as a force-design challenge, shifting from outdated dependency models toward self-reliance, stronger industrial capability, and adaptable force structures aligned to the evolving strategic environment.

Wedgetail over Poland

Communication & Cognition

AI and the Self You Left Behind

AI doesn’t diminish intelligence, but encourages outsourcing thought which leads to gradual estrangement from one’s thinking process. The greatest risk falls on strong thinkers, as reduced cognitive friction erodes growth, authorship, and connection to self.

How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health

Awe is a complex emotion triggered by vast, overwhelming experiences that challenge understanding—producing feelings from wonder to fear. It shifts brain focus outward, can calm or stress, and may enhance wellbeing, connection, and meaning.

Police equipment can be tracked via Bluetooth. What about your phone, watch and headphones?

A cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police devices allows officers to be detected and tracked via unique signals. Similarly, most Bluetooth devices can be tracked; though modern devices often use privacy features to reduce this risk.

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