By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
Anthea Katelaris, Public Health Physician and Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
When you think about travel vaccines, you might think about ones for typhoid or cholera. But there are others you need to think about too.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence targeting protesters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a new report from UN-appointed investigators on Thursday.
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By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Australians use social media to plan outdoor adventures. But travel influencers take risks to in remote locations . Are they putting followers in danger?
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By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this condition: Heimscheißer (pronounced “heimscheisser”), which means “home shitter”.
Sufferers experience distress and anxiety at the mere thought of having to use a toilet at school, work or any public place. Some may even find it hard to poop while on holidays.
If forced to use a toilet…
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By Drew Rooke, Deputy Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation
Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.
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By R. Evan Ellis, Latin America Research Professor, US Army War College
Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
The world’s largest warship is now patrolling the Caribbean north of Venezuela. It carries 4,000 US sailors and 75 fighter jets. We’ve been tracking it for the past week.
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By Bill McKay, Senior Lecturer Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
When the coalition government this week unveiled reforms to finally replace New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA), many of us would have been glad to see the back of it.
I have encountered the frustrating complexities of this tired and unwieldy law over decades in architectural practice, as well as in various hearings at the Environment Court.
At one such hearing, a stack of paperwork beside the local MP stood taller…
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By Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland
In a world that can seem increasingly digitised and isolating, board games offer a unique chance to connect with others. And over the holiday period, the right game can make all the difference while spending time with friends and family.
But board games are part of a multi-billion dollar industry, so it can be hard to decide which games to try out – or which ones to gift. Luckily I have some recommendations.
4,000 years of arguing over a die
Board games have been part of societies for at least 4,000 years. The Royal Game of Ur, which scholars discovered in the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A landslide survivor searches for his belongings following Cyclone Ditwah in Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 1, 2025. © 2025 Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo Sri Lanka is suffering a series of floods and landslides brought upon by Cyclone Ditwah this past November. Climate experts believethe intensity of seasonal storms, which also recently devastated Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, are likely to have been “supercharged” by rising sea temperatures. Sri Lankan authorities and civil society organizations are now struggling to bring relief to millions of affected…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Mozambican police officer patrols a shelter for internally displaced people in Naminawe, Mozambique, December 9, 2025. © 2025 Diego Menjíbar Reynés / AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Thousands of civilians displaced by Islamist armed group attacks in northeastern Mozambique have been sheltering in overcrowded and inadequate conditions, Human Rights Watch said today. Mozambique’s government should work with international agencies to provide sufficient support for people in need.Between November 10 and 23, 2025, an armed group linked to the Islamic State-Mozambique,…
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