By Alexander Gofton, Senior Research Scientist, Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO
If you’re bitten by a tick and eat meat, you may not get any symptoms for hours. Here’s what to look out for.
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By Simon Theobald, Research Fellow, University of Oxford; University of Notre Dame Australia
As Iranian and US diplomats meet in Geneva for crucial negotiations to avoid a potential war, opposition groups in exile are sniffing an opportunity.
The Islamic Republic faces its greatest political crisis since its inception. US President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent attack if Iran doesn’t capitulate on its nuclear program.…
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By Ashna Gulati, PhD Candidate, Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
Tara Murphy, Professor, Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
Some of the universe’s most extreme explosions leave behind almost no trace. The original explosion is unseen, but our observations can capture the long-lived echo it leaves behind as the shock front ploughs into its surrounding environment.
In new research accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, we have discovered what may be the clearest example yet of one of these hidden explosions: the radio afterglow of a powerful gamma-ray…
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By Bridgette Glover, Early-career Researcher, Media and Communications and Writing, University of New England
Violet’s storyline reminds us how women over 40 deserve representation as sexually empowered agents – worthy of being seen and valued.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People read newspapers and magazines on a street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2020. © 2020 Samuel Habtab/AP Photo Ethiopian authorities are resorting once again to the authoritarian playbook.On February 24, three months ahead of scheduled national elections, Ethiopia’s Media Authority announced the revocation of the Addis Standard’s operating license. The action risks silencing one of the last independent media outlets in the country.Since its establishment in 2011, the Addis Standard has been a prominent independent voice in an increasingly repressive…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People using their cellphones while in transit, September 2023. © 2023 Francis Joseph Dean/Dean Pictures/Reuters The Trump administration is framing its new forthcoming online portal, freedom.gov, as a bold defense of free expression. According to Reuters, the goal is to help users bypass European content restrictions and “counter censorship” in Europe and “elsewhere.”But the European rules freedom.gov wants to help people circumvent are not about censorship at all.Europe’s regulatory framework is not an authoritarian speech regime. Rather, it is an…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Thai officials outside the immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Last February, Thai authorities in Bangkok loaded 40 Uyghur men into blacked-out trucks and forcibly returned them to China. Their fates remain unknown.The men had spent over a decade in Thai immigration detention after having fled repression in Xinjiang in northwest China. Because the men faced grave risks of torture and other abuses in China, Thailand’s deportation—under pressure from Beijing—violated…
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By Rosheeka Parahoo, PhD, Musicology, Western University
The Juno awards remind us that cultural institutions have the power to reinforce national pride, and also invite critical reflection, dissent and re-imagination.
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By Ian Lee, Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Equating controversial or legally contested executive actions with the collapse of 250 years of constitutional democracy risks conflating the overreach of a singular president.
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By Laura Revell, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Canterbury
Michele Bannister, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy, University of Canterbury
Samantha Lawler, Associate Professor, Astronomy, University of Regina
Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.
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