By Emma F. Camp, Future Reefs Team Leader, University of Technology Sydney
Ariel K. Pezner, Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Dane P. G. Wattle, PhD student, Marine Biology, University of Technology Sydney
Australia is famous for its coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast and Ningaloo Reef in the west. Both World Heritage-listed reefs attract thousands of visitors each year.
But there’s another vast network of coral reefs in Australia that few people know about. More than 1,000 uncharted northern coral reefs were recently identified using satellite imagery along the
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By Stephanie Leiser, Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan
Local officials across Michigan are highly confident in their ability to administer an accurate election this November, according to a report on election integrity my team published on Aug. 12, 2026. They also voiced concerns about rising disinformation and costs.
“We work very hard at our elections and resent all the negative comments about insecure or fraudulent elections,” one local official said in the report,…
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Five years after the Taliban seized power, women and girls in Afghanistan have been systematically stripped of their rights, UN agencies said on Wednesday. De facto authorities have issued more than 100 decrees curbing education, work and freedom of movement – restrictions now compounded by deep cuts to aid on the ground.
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By Kiana Basiri, Assistant Professor, Real Estate Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Cynthia Holmes, Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Shelagh McCartney, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ximena Rosenvasser, Architecture and Urbanism Researcher, Toronto Metropolitan University
A study of more than 750,000 student records from four Toronto universities finds that living in residence is linked to better grades and higher satisfaction, especially for first-year students.
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By Michelle Maroto, Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
David Pettinicchio, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
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By Emily Impett, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
Diana Peragine, Lecturer in Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Toronto
Women’s changing libido has been treated as biological fact — the product of evolution or hormonal destiny. But differences in sexual experience early on can have a real and lasting impact.
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By Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe, Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, Caleb University
Border closures don’t always produce the intended objectives. The idea is usually to control illegal movements and prohibited goods, lessen informal trade, reinforce customs operations, and regain control of national borders. But history shows that in cases as diverse as England, the Asante Kingdom, the US and colonial Nigeria/Benin, stiffer border regulations can instead bring about smuggling and multiply criminal networks.
Where people share ethnic, language and kinship ties…
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By Amanda Bisong, Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
Effective migration policy is not about imposing new patterns of movement, but about making existing ones safer, fairer, and more beneficial for all.
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By Kevin Winter, Senior Scholar in Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
A test case in Franschhoek, South Africa has used natural filtering of polluted water to produce 50,000 litres a day that is safe for irrigation.
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By Vidya Diwakar, Deputy Director, CPAN; Research Fellow, IDS, Institute of Development Studies
Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new forms of vulnerability. Collectively they’re known as a polycrisis. These have severe effects on countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high poverty levels where weak…
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