By Andrew Battisti, Research Fellow in Astrophysics at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, The University of Western Australia; Australian National University
In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed something strange: the distant reaches of the universe are filled with “little red dots” that astronomers still can’t quite explain.
But a new paper I coauthored, published today in Nature Astronomy, might have found the key to understanding their nature.
It turns out…
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By Ashika Niraula, Senior Research Associate, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University
Sagar Raj Sharma, Visiting Researcher, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University
Youth-led protest movements across Asia have exposed underlying anger at corruption and blocked opportunity. But so far, only Nepal has managed to convert that anger into a transfer of governing power.
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By Christopher Cotton, Professor, Jarislowsky-Deutsch Chair in Economic & Financial Policy, and Director of the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Ontario
Science works through a process of revision. As consumers, we must learn how to evaluate how mature evidence is, and always remain flexible to new findings.
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By Rahul Ravi, Professor of Finance, Concordia University
Gillian Leithman, Assistant Professor, Management, Concordia University
Sandra Betton, Associate Professor, Finance, Concordia University
Sonal Kumar, Assistant Professor of Finance, Bryant University
Women and racialized executives often outperform white men as CEOs. But that may say as much about the barriers they had to overcome to reach the top as it does about their leadership ability.
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Tetyana Malyarenko, Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
Ukraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal.
It all started when Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defence minister until his dismissal as part of a government reshuffle last month, posted…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The federal government will push for new national laws with rules for where data centres can go, how they must be powered and where their water comes from.
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By Christopher Coffman, Master Lecturer in Humanities, Boston University
His latest – and possibly last – book tackles America’s foreign policy before and after 9/11. Could it also serve as an antidote to the fragmented attention and political duplicity of our current moment?
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By Matthew Koss, Professor of Physics, College of the Holy Cross
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.
How do ice cubes cool a drink? – Helen, age 12, Boston, Massachusetts
I like to make my own iced tea. First, I steep about a quart of terrifically strong hot tea and pour it into a pitcher loosely filled…
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By David Duvernell, Professor of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology
My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rivers and streams across the region and collected a few cups of water from each.
We were testing for DNA in the environment to determine which species had left behind their genetic material and were therefore present…
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By Brooke Schedneck, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
Thai Buddhism involves daily rituals and collective acts of worship, unlike the individual-focused emphasis on meditation often found in Western Buddhist communities.
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