By Susan Watson, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
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By Rebecca Smullin Dawson, Associate Professor of Biology, Allegheny College
Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
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By J. Thomas Beatty, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
Andrew S. Lang, University Research Professor, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn of recorded history.
However, all living organisms that are susceptible…
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By Bryan McGovern, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University
Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist. That, apparently, is true in an Irish sense, too – even if those terms have very different meanings across the Atlantic.
On Sept. 12, 2026, while seated next to taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister, Micheál Martin, the U.S. president stated that he would “love to see” Ireland unified and that it…
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By Ly Tran, Professor, School of Education, Deakin University
Reducing the number of people on student and graduate visas may reduce migration numbers, but it could also weaken demand for Australian goods and services.
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By Bill Bateman, Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University
How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.
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By Jak Kakhkharov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Australian Catholic University
The rush to build data centres brings investment and the promise of a sophisticated digital economy. But it also creates new pressure on housing and skilled workers.
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By Dianne Ma, Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology
Certain taxonomic debates resurface time and again.
When does a pond become a lake, or a sea an ocean? When does a cup become a bowl? And when does a dialect become a language?
Similar debates rage on in the food forums, including the age-old question: what’s the difference between pasta and noodles? Can you really compare ramen with spaghetti, or penne with pad thai?
At first glance, “noodles versus pasta” might seem like a frivolous variant of…
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By Robyn Brown, Associate Professor and Head, Behavioural Neuropharmacology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
Leigh Walker, Senior Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Hot flushes and night sweats – collectively called vasomotor symptoms – are among the most common and disruptive symptoms of menopause. They affect almost 40% of women in the lead up to menopause, known as perimenopause.
Until 2024, treatment options were largely limited to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT is very effective for many women. But some can’t take it because they experience significant side effects or have certain…
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble of Gaza, three years after Israeli bombardment flattened entire neighbourhoods – most of them women and children.
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