By Global Voices Announcements
Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. In July we're exploring how statelessness can negatively impact people’s lives.
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By Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
After months of anticipation, the Bureau of Meteorology officially declared an El Niño on June 16.
El Niño is a naturally occurring variation in temperature and winds across the Pacific Ocean that can influence weather around the globe.
During El Niño, sea surface temperatures…
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By Bernadette Hyland-Wood, Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Dimitri Perrin, Head of School (Computer Science) and Co-Director (Centre for Data Science), Queensland University of Technology
Michael Guihot, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
Last Friday, US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic received an “export control” directive from its government. The company was told it must block access to two of its most capable models, Fable and Mythos, for all foreign nationals.
Within hours, Anthropic shut down access to the models for users everywhere in the world, including researchers,…
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By Katharina J. Peters, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
Frédérik Saltré, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum
Karen Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Nowhere is safe from forever chemical pollution – not even the middle of the ocean. PFAS levels are on the rise in the world’s whales and dolphins.
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By Loren B Landau, Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
Jean Pierre Misago, Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
The only interventions capable of disrupting xenophobia are those that lower, or ideally eliminate, its political, economic and social benefits.
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By José Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universitat de València
With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, to study us… or perhaps to eat?
We must begin here with a word of caution. There is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial beings have visited…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Pauline Hanson’s first-ever – and perhaps only-ever – appearance at the National Press Club was always destined to be one of those political “moments”.
As theatre, the 90-minute performance (including the question-and-answer session) didn’t disappoint, although it will have shocked, indeed appalled, many. Some would be left scratching their heads about how Australian politics has come to this, with Hanson scaling the political heights, at least in the polls and (on recent tests) in votes. But we only have to look abroad and remember we follow the trends.
Here was Hanson…
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By Floyd Alexander-Hunt, PhD Student in Media Law, University of Sydney
Banks is taking Netflix to court over its docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. But US defamation law sets a high bar for proof.
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By Kevin Morrison, Industry Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Trump urged ships to return to the Strait of Hormuz and “let the oil flow”. But it’s not that straightforward.
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By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
Katinka van de Ven, Alcohol and other drug specialist, UNSW Sydney
For the first time, people aged 50–59 years make up the highest proportion of unintentional drug overdose deaths. But these aren’t just from illicit drugs.
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