By William Alexander Donald, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney
Deborah Yates, Conjoint Professor, Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney
Have you ever baked or decorated a birthday cake?
Interest in elaborate cakes is booming, driven by social media trends and television shows such as Is It Cake?.
This means products such as edible glitter and colourful dyes are becoming…
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By John L. Hopkins, Professor of Management, Deakin University
All but one of the companies researchers studied decided to continue with a four-day work week. And none reported a loss of productivity.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Armenian law enforcement officers stand outside a police station Yerevan on March 24, 2024. © 2024 Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images The death of Armen Hovhannisyan by suicide on May 16, hours after Armenian police transferred him to a psychiatric institution, should prompt urgent scrutiny of how authorities respond to people in psychosocial distress. Police in Artashat, about 30 kilometers from Yerevan, detained Hovhannisyan after he allegedly tore down an election campaign poster. Authorities opened criminal proceedings for “obstructing or coercing…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An anti-immigration protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 29, 2026. © 2026 Themba Hadebe/AP Photo (Johannesburg) – Vigilantes in South Africa have carried out violent xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in recent weeks, with little or insufficient apparent response from the police and other authorities, Human Rights Watch said today.In April and May 2026, a citizen-led movement, March and March, that advocates more stringent immigration enforcement in South Africa organized demonstrations against undocumented migrants…
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By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
The 2026 World Cup is likely to reveal a deep ethical poverty at the heart of ‘the world game’ thanks to two leaders who have much in common.
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By Timothy Welbeck, Director of the Center for Anti-Racism, Temple University
Ona Judge was 1 of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia. The city will recognize her legacy each May 21.
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By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
Winter is coming, and with the cold weather comes respiratory viral infections, including influenza.
So now’s a good time to protect yourself and others with the flu vaccine. It’s effective, free and widely available for many…
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By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
Since March, the world has watched live as a humpback whale lay stranded on a sandbank in German waters, far from the North Sea.
The stranded humpback whale was found in poor health, tangled in fishing gear with telltale cuts from a ship strike on its back. He was given the name Timmy.
Early attempts to rescue Timmy failed. As the weeks dragged on, public interest in his plight increased.…
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By Stuti Bhatnagar, Lecturer, Indo-Pacific Studies, UNSW Sydney
A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers.
While violent conflict between the neighbours has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different.
Both sides used new weapons against one another, including cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and drones. The level of mistrust and sharp rhetoric worsened considerably, significantly…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
While Labor has taken a hit, One Nation has gained one to three points in all five federal post-budget polls.
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