Academic insights reached millions
The story that garnered the most interest from our audience in April was this piece on why new COVID variants necessitate a global ‘maximum suppression’ strategy. It has been read more than 1.1 million times!
It was also republished by more than 28 other media outlets around the world -
including The Guardian, ABC and the South China Morning Post. 84% of its readers were from countries outside Australia.
The second most-read piece was Ritesh Chugh from CQUniversity’s piece on how to deal with water damage to your phone, which received more than 570,000 reads. Ritesh said:
“As an academic, such a wide readership provides great testimony of our public scholarship”
How to fix a water-damaged phone (no rice needed)
If you’ve ever got your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind of liquid.
While new phones are advertised as “water resistant”, this doesn’t mean they are waterproof, or totally immune to water. Water resistance just implies the device can handle
some exposure to water before substantial damage occurs.
The water resistance of phones is rated by an “ingress protection” code, commonly called an IP rating. Simply, an electrical device’s IP rating refers to its effectiveness against intrusions from solids and liquids.
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Bin Isolation Outing s creator is awarded for spreading joy on Facebook. But the group is no more
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Men and women for all ages uploaded photos of their bin costumes.
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It started as a laugh between friends, a celebration of bin night to fight the lockdown blues, and within three weeks Bin Isolation Outing had attracted one million members from around the world.
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Bin Isolation Outing rocketed to success and a million members in just three weeks
This week, creator Danielle Askew was recognised at Fraser Coast Regional Council s Australia Day awards