By Cassandra Steer, Associate Expert, National Security College; Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance, Australian National University
Only by fostering a deeper sense of ‘space citizenship’ will everyone benefit from our journeys to the Moon – and beyond.
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By Bronwyn Reid O'Connor, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Sydney
Ben Zunica, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Sydney
The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m too pretty to do math”.
While some may see it as a joke, it is sparking widespread criticism from some of Australia’s science leaders.
The shirt, created by Australian label Lioness, has raised…
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By Maggie Hames, PhD Student, University of Otago
Mei Peng, Associate Professor, University of Otago
New research shows hunger can make us imagine tastes more vividly – helping explain those powerful cravings that lead to bad choices.
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By Christine Jenkins, Head, Respiratory Program, George Institute for Global Health; UNSW Sydney; University of Sydney
Gary Anderson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Lung Health Research, The University of Melbourne
A new generation of drugs could ‘switch off’ asthma, effectively curing it. That would mean no more puffers and no more flare-ups.
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By Audrey-Ann Deneault, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Jean-François Bureau, Professor, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nate Bargatze’s new family comedy The Breadwinner centres on a successful car salesman who is left to care for his three daughters while his wife pursues a business opportunity abroad.
Bargatze, who stars in and co-wrote the film, is known for clean, family-friendly humour built on a stand-up…
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By Cameron McRae, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health, Simon Fraser University
Laurette Dube, Professor emerita, behavioral economic and convergence sciences, Marketing; James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing; Founding Chair, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University
Pricing policies and retail strategies can help shift diets, but they must account for socioeconomic inequalities in how consumers respond to food prices.
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By Sibo Chen, Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.
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By Lei Yu, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Western University
Writing prompts to generate images combines two literary tasks at once: the realist description of concrete things and the modernist evocation of atmosphere.
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By Martin Kear, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
The Israeli prime minister faces an invidious choice in an election year: kowtow to a powerful ally, or risk displeasure at home by ending the war with Hezbollah.
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By Camila C. Matos, Family and Community Physician, Professor, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
Marcia Thereza Couto, Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Vaccine uptake has been declining in Brazil and South Africa over the last decade. This decline has reversed important gains in protecting children against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, polio, diphtheria and whooping cough.
Both countries have well-established, universal and free childhood immunisation programmes. In Brazil, coverage has dropped 10-20 percentage points since…
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