By Wellett Potter, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – an AI-generated voice, video avatar or text-based chatbot trained on the data of a deceased person – proliferate…
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By Rohann Irving, Research Fellow, Flinders University
David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Anthony Albanese states he’s taken more action on problem gambling than any government since Federation. How does this claim stack up?
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By Meg Elkins, Associate Professor in Economics, RMIT University
The RBA will be hoping Australians respond to this rate rise in three ways: spending less, saving more and not asking for big wage rises.
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By Meaghan O'Donnell, Professor and Head, Research, Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
Tracey Varker, Senior Research Fellow, Phoenix Australia, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
People who work in emergency services, such as firefighters, are more likely than others to develop symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.
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By Michael Slipenkyj, Postdoctoral Fellow, Math Lab, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Heather P. Douglas, Adjunct professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Jo-Anne LeFevre, Distinguished Research Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
Rebecca Merkley, Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Educators in a research partnership have found that early math screening is a helpful teaching tool that helps educators target instruction to support children’s math learning.
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By Nicola Macaulay, Senior Tutor and PhD Candidate, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
NZ appears to be widening its defence and surveillance capabilities across the region, raising questions about strategic alignment, transparency and independence.
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By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
Over centuries, artists and censors have employed the humble fig leaf to cover the penis – including on Michelangelo’s ‘unmistakably male’ David.
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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
The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This is the same system as used for federal House of Representatives elections.
Some Australian conservatives are advocating Australia return to first past the post (FPTP), but a conservative government introduced preferential voting in 1918 to stop vote splitting between two conservative parties. Right-wing preferences helped the Coalition…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump holds up a signed document to present to Democratic Republic of Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, right, on June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary Marco Rubio watch. © 2025 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta The Washington Accords, signed in December 2025 between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda under US mediation, promised an end to the devastating armed conflict in eastern Congo through troop withdrawals, ceasefires, and economic…
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By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing global health threat. Here’s what you need to know.
Free-living amoebas are single-celled organisms that don’t need a host to live. They are found in soil and
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