Monday, January 12, 2026
More than 100 political prisoners have been released in Venezuela, the Government announced on Monday, just over a week after the seizure and rendition of President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas by the United States.
(Full Story)
|
Monday, January 12, 2026
Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority.
(Full Story)
|
By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
We know texting while driving can kill – but research shows touchscreen controls in a car can be just as distracting.
(Full Story)
|
By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland
You arrive at the airport in plenty of time to check in. You reach the departure gate early. You board, walking down to your seat – and that’s when you discover the overhead lockers are already full.
Too much carry-on baggage can significantly delay departures, as cabin crew try to squeeze everything in – or send bags down to the hold.
As a former pilot turned aviation safety researcher,…
(Full Story)
|
By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
Behind flood and bushfire disasters is a less visible influence: changes in the planet’s water cycle. Rainfall and temperature shifts are amplifying climate change.
(Full Story)
|
By Karin Hammarberg, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Most women experience some nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.
Although this is called morning sickness, it can happen at any time of day. Up to 80% of women report nausea and vomiting throughout the day.
While morning sickness is unpleasant and can be incapacitating, milder forms are usually manageable and often get better after the first three months of pregnancy.
But around one…
(Full Story)
|
By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University
Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Heated Rivalry depicts a sporting world where queer joy, acceptance and belonging is not only possible, but is enthusiastically embraced.
(Full Story)
|
By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University
Amy Walters, PhD candidate, English Literature, Australian National University
In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the short life and tragic death of Shakespeare’s only son, aged 11, in 1596. Although it is not known how Hamnet died, O’Farrell attributes his death to the plague. She creates a visceral and affecting portrait of his swift decline and the powerlessness of those around him, particularly his mother, to save him.
A critical and commercial success, the novel’s popularity was aided by its connection…
(Full Story)
|
By Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London
Thomas Hardy’s final novel, Jude the Obscure (1895), was ahead of its time in more ways that one. Upon its publication, it provoked controversy with its explicit criticism of organised religion and traditional marriage, leading to book burnings and public criticism.
Hardy attributed the public criticism to his retirement from novel writing. He had already courted controversy in the…
(Full Story)
|
By Rabia Charef, Senior Research Associate in Circular Economy & Digitalisation, Lancaster University
Solar power has a dark side: panels are still built to be thrown away, and we risk creating a mountain of waste that locks away valuable minerals.
The world already faces up to 250 million tonnes of solar waste by 2050, as panels installed during the solar boom of the 2000s and 2010s reach the end of their service life.
These panels were not designed to be repaired, refurbished, or disassembled. Indeed, current recycling…
(Full Story)
|