By María-Luisa Chas-Amil, Catedrática de Economía Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Julia María Touza, Catedrática en Economia Ambiental, University of York
Deadly fires in Almería, Spain, have shown that firefighting alone is not enough – people need to be properly prepared.
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By Yustina Yustina, PhD Candidate, Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London
Moisturisers, sunscreens and anti-ageing creams are usually sold on familiar promises: to keep water in the skin, strengthen its protective barrier, protect against sun damage or reduce visible signs of ageing. These functions remain central to healthy skin.
Researchers are now taking a broader view. The skin is also an active immune organ whose cells detect possible threats, send signals and help organise repairs. It is also home to…
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By Lucia Corsini, Associate Professor, Head of the Circular Economy and Sustainability Lab, University of Oxford
Ana Outeirinho Morgado, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Systems and Engineering Design for the Circular Economy
Aya Abdelmeguid, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Design for the Circular Economy, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
An estimated 8 million handheld fans will be purchased in the UK in 2026. Many will end up as discarded electrical waste.
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By Scott Donald, Professor, School of Private and Commercial Law, UNSW
Collectively, Australians are sitting on a huge nest egg. At about A$4.5 trillion, our national savings pool is one of the largest in the world.
Now, facing big national challenges on housing, productivity, the clean energy transition and more, the federal government has renewed calls to direct superannuation…
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By Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, Adelaide University
Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition is at the Art Gallery of South Australia, on tour from the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.
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By Joshua Pate, Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney
When you say ‘but aren’t you cold?’ what are you really asking? Kids will answer how they feel now; parents are planning ahead.
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By Hannah Bunting, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative British Politics and Co-director of The Elections Centre, University of Exeter
After becoming leader of the Labour party, Andy Burnham will officially become prime minister of the UK as Keir Starmer leaves Number 10. That many people considered this day an inevitability doesn’t make it any less momentous.
Six years ago, Starmer inherited a Labour party that had failed to win four general elections and was battling a tarnished reputation. In the month he took over as leader, Labour were polling…
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By Fethi Mansouri, Distinguished Professor in Migration and Intercultural Studies, Deakin University
The Albanese government has handed down its response to its special envoy’s report on Islamophobia in Australia, ten months after it was tabled. Despite some positive steps forward, the response doesn’t go nearly far enough to address the scope of the problem.
Special envoy Aftab Malik’s report had 54 recommendations for how to tackle…
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By Muwatin Media Network
Many stateless people in the Gulf live in extremely difficult conditions: excluded from education, employment, public healthcare and freedom of movement, while also suffering political and social discrimination
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By Ray Wills, Adjunct Professor in Sustainability, The University of Western Australia
Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
In 2019, China was a minor player in Australia’s car market. Seven years later, it’s now the biggest supplier of new vehicles overall – including about 80% of Australia’s electric vehicles (EVs). The shift to EVs has accelerated markedly this year amid oil…
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