By Perry G. Beasley-Hall, Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology, Adelaide University
Brock A. Hedges, Research Affiliate in Ecology, Adelaide University
Caves have long been a refuge. But climate change could pose an existential threat to cave crickets and other cave dwellers.
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By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
US presidential elections are always about a choice for the future. Who do you want to lead the country? Who will best address your needs?
But the US midterm elections – where all the seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate are on the ballot – are always a referendum on the president and his party in Congress.
So, given US President Donald Trump’s current popularity, what does this mean for the Republicans’ chances in November?
Struggling with key demographics
In short, Trump is in terrible shape politically at the moment.…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Internal dissent within Labor over AUKUS has erupted again, with former cabinet minister Ed Husic suggesting there should be a fresh caucus vote on the controversial agreement.
Meanwhile, critics have launched a public inquiry into AUKUS headed by former Labor minister Peter Garrett (of Midnight Oil fame), and crossbenchers have joined a call for the government to be “transparent with the Australian people about the risks to the delivery of the AUKUS submarine program and how they will effectively manage those risks”.
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
“[E]xisting formulae for ‘authentic’ postcolonial prose are already so codified that a language model can reproduce them convincingly. AI does not disrupt literary taste so much as expose its furniture.”
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By Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Senior Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control, UNSW Sydney
Holly Seale, Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Md Saiful Islam, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing.
On April 24, the first suspected case of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On May 17, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a “Public Health Emergency…
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By Jessica Kim, PhD candidate, Monash University
A viral video depicting a gravely injured 14-year-old boy lying on the asphalt sparked national outrage this year. The boy, Arianto Tawakal, had reportedly been struck by a police officer and was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The case quickly drew comparisons to last year’s death of Gojek driver Affan Kurniawan, who died after a police vehicle struck…
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By Alexandra Andhov, Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The US state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the tech giant and its CEO put profit over public safety with its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) product, ChatGPT.
The lawsuit, filed in Florida state court on Monday local time by Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier, is one of the most significant enforcement actions brought by a state attorney against an AI company to date.
It comes as OpenAI and other…
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By Paul Joyce, Head of the Translational Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutics Group and Senior Research Fellow, Adelaide University
Ozempic-style drugs have been flagged as possible treatments for cancer, dementia, endo, addiction and more. An expert explains what the evidence really says.
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By John Buchanan, Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
Even after the new rises, our lowest paid employees will still have less buying power when they go to the shops than five years ago.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy Base in Manama, Bahrain about 3 mi/5 km away from Dry Dock Prison, February 28, 2026. © 2026 Anadolu via Getty Images (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have excluded migrant workers from an emergency wage support program during the Iran conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers, three-quarters of the private work force, are excluded even though they have contributed to the emergency fund for years. Many are now in dire situations due to job losses…
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