By Alberto Filgueiras, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
Arsenal is still on the top of the English Premier League ladder, but as in previous years, the Gunners might be crumbling just when a first title since 2003–04 is within touching distance.
In early April, Arsenal had a commanding grip on the title – nine points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester City. Now it’s just three (and City has played one less game).
This isn’t the first time Arsenal has lapsed at late stages in…
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By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
The title of Edwina Preston’s fourth book, Sororicidal, warns us against the presence of a happy family. After all, the word refers to the killing of a sister, or the tendency to harm a sister – and in each section of this novel we come up against a different kind of harm.
It begins in early 20th century Australia and follows a dysfunctional family, and especially their daughters – one an artist, one later a conflicted mother – over several decades. It is organised chronologically in four sections, with the…
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By Ashlynne McGhee, Head of Editorial Innovation, The Conversation
Isabella Podwinski, Social Media Producer, The Conversation
The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power.
For 30 years, journalists have ridden a merry-go-round reporting on its stunts and inflammatory rhetoric, while grappling with how to interrogate its policies and hold the party to account.
In Episode…
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By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
A light particle can appear to leave a cloud of atoms before it enters – a new experiment, asking the atoms, confirms the light spends ‘negative time’ with them.
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Kirsten Adlard, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Lp(a) isn’t included in routine cholesterol tests but it can affect your risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, takes the oath of office, Kathmandu, March 27, 2026. © 2026 Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo (Geneva) – Nepal’s recently elected Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which came to power on a wave of popular demands for change, should use this opportunity to bring lasting protections for human rights and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists said in a letter to Shah published today.The organizations made recommendations…
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By Libby Callaway, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
Jack Francis Kelly, Honorary Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Phillippa Carnemolla, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Sally Robinson, Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University
Amid major reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), unveiled last week, NDIS minister Mark Butler announced the government’s plans to commission supported independent living services for people with disability, “rather than relying on a market that isn’t working”.
Supported independent…
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By Sydney Allen
Many countries in Asia have no requirement for environmental impact assessments, and regulatory frameworks, where they exist at all, are years behind the pace of construction. Communities most affected are rarely consulted.
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By Guilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
Carlos Ricaurte, Latin America and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
The solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.
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By Kelly Garton, Senior Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New research shows how human behaviour and biology are harnessed to create feedback loops that drive people to buy and eat more ultra-processed foods.
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