By Caroline Swee Lin Tan, Associate Professor in Fashion Entrepreneurship, RMIT University
Saniyat Islam, Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
In a high-end fashion store or luxury car showroom, the term “vegan leather” sends a strong message of quality. For many shoppers, it promises the look and feel of real leather without using animal skins. As brands move away from animal leather, “vegan” has come to suggest something that is both kinder to animals and better for the planet.
However, the reality is more complicated. While these materials remove animal products, they often replace one environmental problem with another. Vegan leather is not one material,…
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By Amber Gwynne, Lecturer in Writing, The University of Queensland
29-year-old Madeline Cash’s debut novel was lauded by Lena Dunham – and it’s inspired by The Corrections and hard-boiled detective fiction.
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By John Donne Potter, Professor of Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Amanda Kvalsvig, Research Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
The prevalence of long COVID is more than a hundred times greater than the definition of a rare disease – yet there are no specific health services or support.
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By Celia Harris, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University
Justin Christensen, Researcher, Western Sydney University
Whenever you ride a bike or knit a sweater, you’re using your procedural memory. Two cognitive scientists explain what it is and how it works.
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By Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Arastoo Teymouri, Researcher in Energy Systems, UNSW Sydney
For millions of Australians without off-street parking, charging is a obstacle to shifting to an electric vehicle. Kerbside chargers could help.
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By Martine Rhéaume, Coordinator of Technological Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Language Education, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
A survey found second-language instructors are using generative AI primarily as an administrative efficiency tool, for work like generating lesson plans.
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By Henry Giroux, Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Trump’s language of war is a dangerous fusion of militarism, religious fundamentalism, spectacle and authoritarian politics that is redefining how military power is justified and normalized.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On the benefits of citizen science and access to solar power for apartment residents: an edited selection of your views.
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By Nolan Maugourd, PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, Université Laval
CAR-T cell therapies advance the treatment of cancer, but they are expensive and can take weeks to process. Academic development could cut costs and time while making them more accessible.
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By Oiwan Lam
The circulating marketing narrative fuels a widespread anxiety that ordinary people would be left out of the job market and the technology-driven economy without mastering AI agents
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