By Daniel Binns, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication, RMIT University
Some say it’s em dashes, dodgy apostrophes, or too many emoji. Others suggest that maybe the word “delve” is a chatbot’s calling card. It’s no longer the sight of morphed bodies or too many fingers, but it might be something just a little off in the background. Or video content that feels a little too real.
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By John Mickel, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Michael Walsh, Associate Professor, Screen and Media, Flinders University
Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology
Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
Susan Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy), University of the Sunshine Coast
Will Jeffery, Sessional Academic, Discipline of Film Studies, University of Sydney
One standout from this month’s list is Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an awe-inspiring thriller that changed the film industry forever when it was released 50 years ago.
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By Amanda Tink, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia
Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability memoir more relevant than ever.
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By Bridget Haire, Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Benjamin Bavinton, Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Is the cost of research aimed at curing HIV worth it, when HIV can be effectively managed and prevented by existing drugs?
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By Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Lecturer in Government - National Security College, Australian National University
The US president wants separate spheres of influence dominated by the US, China and Russia. For small states, this new world order poses both risks and opportunities.
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By Lynne Chepulis, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, University of Waikato
Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in young people, harder to manage and more likely to lead to a premature death.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People gather for the Pride March in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2025. © 2025 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more than a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.This year’s Pride faced unprecedented legal and political obstacles. In March, Hungary’s parliament amended…
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Monday, June 30, 2025
Civilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have significantly escalated in recent months, including a sharp rise in often deadly drone attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Monday.
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By Katherine Kinzler, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.
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By Alessandro Silvano, NERC Independent Research Fellow in Oceanography, University of Southampton
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland. That ice hasn’t returned, marking the largest global environmental change during the past decade.
This finding caught us off guard – melting ice typically makes the ocean fresher. But new satellite data shows the opposite is happening, and that’s a big problem. Saltier water at the ocean surface behaves differently…
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