By Basil Germond, Professor of International Security, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University
China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier, unveiled recently by president Xi Jinping with great fanfare, has been hailed by Chinese state media as a major milestone in the country’s naval modernisation programme and a key development in the counry’s aspirations to become a maritime power.
In the context of Beijing’s sustained seapower strategy, the long-term implications for…
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By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Nearly four decades after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s muscle-bound version sprinted across screens, The Running Man returns to cinemas. In Edgar Wright’s hands, this adaptation is a sharper, smarter reflection of a culture that still can’t look away from spectacle.
Following The Long Walk, this is the second film adaptation in 2025 of a Stephen King novel originally published under…
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By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
In 2015, global leaders gathered in force to get the Paris Agreement done. A decade later, shifting geopolitics makes a very different landscape for climate talks.
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By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Just because a therapy works in a hospital doesn’t mean in works in a wellness clinic, or is even safe.
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By Michael David Stein, Research Associate, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
In southeast Queensland, roughly 250 kilometres from Brisbane, lies the tiny town of Murgon. Located on Wakka Wakka Country, it’s home to about 2,000 people – and one of the most important fossil sites in the world.
From the 55 million-year-old clays there, palaeontologists have unearthed a range of precious fossils over several decades. These include the world’s oldest fossil songbirds, the only known fossils of salamanders in Australia and the oldest fossil marsupial remains in…
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By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University
Drones are the signature weapons of 21st century war – and they come in a lot of shapes and sizes.
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By Michael Noetel, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
Two new books reveal the gap between the promises of AI companies and the reality. One exposes the industry’s questionable ethics. The other argues we’re racing to extinction.
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By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England
In February 1975, a gang of scruffy Sydney rockers released their first two albums: High Voltage and TNT. A year later, songs from both records were repackaged into AC/DC’s first international album, also titled High Voltage.
AC/DC’s sound was forged in suburban garages and sticky-carpet pubs, part of Australia’s mid-70s pub rock explosion. The era saw Australian pub rock find its confidence to break from British and…
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By Alison Hutton, Professor of Nursing, Western Sydney University
The Gold Coast and Lorne are still popular for schoolies. But some young people are travelling overseas to celebrate the end of school.
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By Elizabeth Hill, Professor of Political Economy; Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work; and, co-convenor Work + Family Policy Roundtable, University of Sydney
Rae Cooper, Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, ARC Future Fellow, Business School, co-Director Women, Work and Leadership Research Group, University of Sydney
Suneha Seetahul, Senior Research Fellow, Applied Microeconomics, University of Sydney
Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows.
Stubborn gaps in pay and career progression, alongside deep division between the types of jobs women and men do, are holding back business and the economy, despite decades of efforts by governments, employers and unions.
To help understand and address these gender gaps, the Australian…
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