Lobsters
- Joy Programming Language http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language 4 comments programming
- Parasitic organism offers eco-friendly treatment for wastewater foaming https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2025/release/potential-organic-treatment-for-wastewater-foaming 3 comments science
- Underage young people living in affluent areas of Australia drink more alcohol, compared to peers in lower socio-economic areas https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2023/release/young-people-in-affluent-areas-drink-more-alcohol 14 comments science
- Requiring your kids to do chores on a regular basis may be associated with them having better academic performance and problem solving skills. Regular chores were associated with better executive functions – planning, self-regulation, switching between tasks and remembering instructions. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2022/release/childrens-chores-improve-brain-function 1327 comments science
- Dog and human cognition similar. The research found six components of executive functioning in dogs: behavioural flexibility, attention towards owner, motor inhibition, instruction following, delay inhibition and working memory. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2022/release/dog-and-human-cognition-similar#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSeeing%20Eye%20Dogs%2C%20for%20example,function%2C%E2%80%9D%20Ms%20Foraita%20said. 46 comments science
- Highly effective autism screening tool. Of the infants and toddlers aged 12 to 24 months identified at ‘high likelihood’ for an autism diagnosis by the tool, 83 per cent were later diagnosed with autism. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2022/release/highly-effective-autism-screening-tool 216 comments science
- The origins and rise of the current strongman era in international politics. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2018/opinion/the-rise-of-strongman-politics 32 comments geopolitics
- For 200 years, scientists have tried to figure out the purpose of the helmet-like hornbill that protrudes from the top of the southern cassowary's head. A study found the casque works as a "thermal window" that funnels and expels excess body heat, helping it keep cool during summer heat. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2019/release/curious-case-of-cassowary-casque 9 comments science
- Diet rich in fish helps fight asthma - Children with asthma who followed a healthy Mediterranean diet enriched with fatty fish had improved lung function after six months, finds a new randomised controlled trial. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2018/release/diet-rich-in-fish-helps-fight-asthma 19 comments science
- Diet rich in fish helps fight asthma - Children with asthma who followed a healthy Mediterranean diet enriched with fatty fish had improved lung function after six months, finds a new randomised controlled trial. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2018/release/diet-rich-in-fish-helps-fight-asthma 10 comments science
- Scientists show that a protein found in a tobacco plant could lead to the development of a new class of antibiotics and meet the challenge of rising antibiotic resistance. The peptide perforates the outer layer of Candida albicans cells, ripping them apart and causing them to explode and die. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2018/release/la-trobes-infection-busting-discovery 45 comments science
- Most five-year-olds can watch up to three hours of television a day with few ill effects on their language skills by the time they leave primary school. However, watching more than three hours of television a day is associated with poorer language skills for 11-year-olds. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2017/release/how-much-tv-is-too-much 3 comments science
- Deaf children benefit from learning sign language, says research. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2012/article/early-exposure-to-language 11 comments science
- Tobacco plant has key to fighting cancer: Scientists at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science have identified that a molecule occurring in the flower of the plant that fights off fungi and bacteria also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2014/release/tobacco-plant-has-key-to-fighting-cancer 849 comments science
- 'Symbolic Processing in Pascal' - Online book by Manfred von Thun, creator of the Joy language. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/s00bok.html 7 comments programming
- Joy compared with other functional languages http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy/j08cnt.html 6 comments programming
- The Algebra of Joy http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy/j04alg.html 3 comments programming
Lambda the Ultimate
- Reproducing Programs implement Lazy Lists http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy/jp-reprod.html 1 comment Fun , Functional , Implementation
- A Conversation with Manfred von Thun http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/ 0 comments History
- Recursion Theory and Joy http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy/j05cmp.html 7 comments theory