By Amnesty International
Responding to China’s new Ethnic Unity Law coming into force on 1 July, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “Chinese authorities have human rights obligations requiring them to protect minority communities and their cultures, but this law does the opposite. Rather than celebrating difference, it is about pushing ethnic groups such as Uyghurs, […] The post China: New ‘ethnic unity’ law set to entrench assimilation of minority groups appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Navid Noor, Postdoctoral Fellow, Higgins Lab, McMaster University
Drew Higgins, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Ammonia rarely makes headlines, but much of modern life depends on it. The compound of nitrogen and hydrogen is the key ingredient in the fertilizers that help feed roughly half of the world’s population. It is also attracting serious attention as a carbon-free fuel for ships, power plants and heavy industry.
The problem is how we make it. Nearly all of the world’s ammonia comes from the Haber-Bosch…
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By Pamela K. Starr, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Most Americans understand that their avocado toast and Super Bowl guacamole depend on a green fruit imported from Mexico. But few realize that Mexico is the United States’ top trading partner, both as the largest source of U.S. imports and the largest market for its exports.
Mexico supplies everything from fruits and vegetables to computers, medical equipment and electrical machinery – not to mention vehicles…
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By Karmvir K. Padda, Researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, University of Waterloo
The Montréal shooter was a lonely, furious young man who built an ideology to justify killing, and its bedrock was a hatred of women.
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By Marco Galoppo, PhD Candidate, University of Canterbury
Francesco Sylos Labini, Research director, Enrico Fermi Research Institute
New telescopes are challenging the idea that the cosmic web fades into a uniform, directionless distribution. It may be closer to a tangled yarn than a misty fog.
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By Louisa Jones, Lecturer and Discipline Lead (Migration), Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
Australia’s migration system is complicated. It’s heavily influenced by politics and global pressures, which can make it difficult to understand. This often results in lively debates across the dinner table.
But given migration is dominating public discussion at the moment, it’s worth explaining how the system operates so we all have a better understanding of what’s true and what isn’t.
Let’s unpack five common myths about migration in Australia.
Migration is the most debated public policy issue of the current moment, both in Australia…
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By Kristle Romero Cortés, Associate Professor of Finance, Co-founder UNSW RISE Finance, UNSW Sydney
Mandeep Singh, Lecturer, University of Sydney
What can research tell us about the upsides and risks of going to auction? And what can a failed auction mean for a property’s final selling price?
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By Jane Howard, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Winter evenings are the perfect time to escape into another world, with teachers in Korea, a fortune teller in Japan, or in a retirement village in New Mexico.
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By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one million more satellites, each roughly 70 metres long and 20 metres wide, that would form a data centre megaconstellation.
But more satellites means more…
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By Sterling B. Tebbett, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tropical and Temperate Reef Ecology, University of Tasmania
John Keane, Research Fellow (Dive Fisheries), University of Tasmania
Scott Ling, Associate Professor, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania
Australia is home to some of the world’s most beautiful reefs.
This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around Australia’s southern coastline, and the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef.
But the corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the kelp forests of the south are both plagued by prickly problems – voracious starfish and sea urchins.
The coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the greatest…
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