By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A 17-year-old boy recruited by the 33rd Front of the EMBF, a dissident group of the demobilized FARC, operating in Colombia’s Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border. © 2026 Federico Ríos Escobar Child recruitment by armed groups has risen sharply in Colombia in recent years; exploiting poverty, social exclusion, and lack of education to lure children with promises of money, power, and prestige, and increasingly using social media to do so.Colombia has established a range of policies and strategies to prevent child recruitment, and protect and rescue children,…
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By Matt Savage, PhD Candidate and Lecturer in Physiotherapy, La Trobe University
Adam Culvenor, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow in Sport and Exercise Medicine, La Trobe University
Many of these exercises deliberately bend the knee through a larger range of motion, boosting the work done by your thigh muscles. But they may not be for everyone.
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By Yongyi Peng, PhD Candidate in Environmental Microbiology, Monash University
Ry Holland, Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology, Monash University
Existence is hard in the frozen Antarctic soil – and microbes use ‘horizontal gene transfer’ to share the tools that keep them alive.
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By Frisa Irawan Ginting, Dosen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan, Universitas Andalas
Dian Fiantis, Professor of Soil Science, Universitas Andalas
Kalimantan’s land fires aren’t just down to El Niño—they are caused by soil losing its ability to hold water. Prevention must start by restoring the soil’s natural balance.
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By Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
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By Marty Branagan, Associate Professor in Peace Studies, University of New England
Valerie Brown’s experiences with Greenpeace, which she headed when the Rainbow Warrior was bombed, read like a spy novel. But it’s just one way she changed the world.
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By Fan Yang, Research Fellow at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Tom Hartley, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
The AFL’s new wildcard round kicks off the finals series, and the narratives about its introduction have fluctuated through the season.
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By Philip Hulme, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biosecurity, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Effective pest control depends on local teams but requires national oversight and funding. A federated system could strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity response.
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By Gemma Tarpey-Brown, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Cathy Vaughan, Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health and Chair of Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Karen Block, Migration and Health Unit Head, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Laurentina mica Barreto Soares, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e
New research interviewing women involved with the federal government’s Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme shows why it needs urgent reform to stop worker exploitation.
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