By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a lot easier to start than end.
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By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level playing field’ actually means in sport.
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By Samantha Thomas, Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
Hannah Pitt, Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
More than 1,000 days after the release of the Murphy report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally announced decisive action on tackling gambling advertising in Australia.
In mid-2023, the late Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report that recommended a ban on gambling advertising due to the harms caused…
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By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney
There’s been a surge of interest in EVs as the oil crisis hits – and secondhand EVs are especially in demand
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image (Clockwise, from top left): Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traoré. © 2025 Stanislav Krasilnikov/RIA Novosti via AP; Iyad Ag Ghaly, JNIM supreme leader. © 2012 ROMARIC OLLO HIEN/AFP/Getty Images; JNIM fighters in Barsalogho, Sanmatenga province, Burkina Faso, August 24, 2024. © Private; Burkinabè military forces in Baraboulé, Sahel region, Burkina Faso, during Operation "Tchefari 2," December 2023. © 2024 RTB The Burkina Faso military with its allied militias and an Al Qaeda-linked armed group have killed more than 1,800 civilians and forcibly displaced…
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By Jack Janetzki, Lecturer in Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Adelaide University
Lisa Kalisch Ellett, Research Fellow, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Adelaide University
As the conflict in the Middle East disrupts fuel, shipping and food supplies, many are starting to ask if they will be still be able to get their medicines if the war drags on.
Australia’s medicine supply chain is built to handle short disruptions. So you shouldn’t have problems accessing most common medicines in the short to medium term.
But it isn’t designed for prolonged global instability.
What’s in place to protect our medicine supply?
Since July 2023,…
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By Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Long weekends often bring family and friends together in a mix of generations.
Somewhere between the egg hunt and hot cross buns this weekend, there might be a moment where another adult steps in to “parent” your child in ways that don’t sit well with you. Maybe they are too sharp or too bossy. Or it’s just not how you do things.
These situations are often less about those involved “behaving badly” and more about emotions running high. This goes for kids and adults.
What can you do about it?
What’s going on?
It can be uncomfortable when…
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By Peer Ebbesen Skov, Associate Professor in Economics, Auckland University of Technology
Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Senior Researcher in Sociology, Rockwool Foundation
Livvy Mitchell, Research Affiliate, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
New Zealand’s shift to community-based sentences has cut costs, helped offenders to retain work and higher earnings, with no major change to substantive reoffending.
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By Farid Zaid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, Monash University
Daniel Heller, Kronhill Senior Lecturer in East European Jewish History, Monash University
When we lose the ability to politely disagree, it narrows the space for thinking out loud. Here are 5 tips for conversations that allow constructive disagreement.
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By Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
The war in the Middle East is a huge political book for the Israeli prime minister in an election year – but it may come at a great cost.
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