By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
For a quarter century, Australia’s environment laws were widely regarded as not fit for purpose. In 2020, a scathing review by Professor Graeme Samuel found the Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act was ineffective and unfit for future environmental challenges.
On the last Parliamentary sitting day of 2025, Labor passed its long-awaited reforms to Australia’s nature laws following a deal with the Greens. According to Environment Minister Murray Watt, these reforms…
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By Mary Tate, Associate Professor in Information Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Haibo Yang, Adjunct Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
For legal reasons, organisations require a human reviewer of generative AI outputs. But this human oversight must be valued and budgeted for in the transition to AI.
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By Navid Teimouri, PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Katherine Cullerton, Senior Lecturer, Global Health and Health Policy, The University of Queensland
Headlines might describe meat as “a significant health risk” or “essential for a healthy and balanced diet”.
So what’s behind these seemingly contradicatory statements?
Our new research suggests one reason is who pays for the science behind the studies we see discussed online or via social media.
We examined whether meat industry involvement is linked to how scientific papers portray the health effects of eating meat.
We found studies with ties to the meat industry were 16 times more…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman is detained by US federal agents after exiting a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, on September 3, 2025. © 2025 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images On May 20, a court in California temporarily suspended a Trump administration policy that stripped key protections from immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The 2025 directive at issue had made many immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking much more vulnerable to arrest, detention or deportation by the Immigration and Customs…
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By Vlast.kz
IQAir, a Swiss company that measures global air quality, regularly designates Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan’s major cities as having “very unhealthy” or “hazardous” air.
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By Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
Owen Corbett, Researcher in Behavioural Ecology, UCL
What happens when a leader suddenly disappears? In politics, business and other human organisations, leadership transitions can trigger intense power struggles. Rivals compete for control, alliances shift and institutions can become unstable.
Similar dynamics occur throughout the animal kingdom. Our new research on tropical paper wasps, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, shows just how chaotic leadership struggles can be – but…
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By Luke Cox, Lecturer in Sport Integrity, Swansea University
Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Once confined to niche bodybuilding forums and hardcore gyms, unproven injectable peptides are now being openly marketed online to the average gym-goer by social media influencers – and regulators struggling to keep up.
Across Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, unapproved and harmful peptide products are being promoted as shortcuts to fat loss, anti-ageing,…
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By Clodagh Harrington, Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork
Two days before registered Republicans voted in the party’s primary election in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District on May 20, Donald Trump called the incumbent representative, Thomas Massie, “the worst Republican congressman in history”.
Massie subsequently lost the primary to a political newcomer with no prior office-holding experience. Ed Gallrein’s not-so-secret…
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By Angela Rodrigues, Associate Professor in Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Sun safety is not just for beach holidays. Checking the UV index and building small habits into your day can help protect your skin.
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By Annette Clancy, Assistant Professor of Management, School of Art History & Cultural Policy, University College Dublin
When disappointment strikes, is your instinct to try to shake it off, forget about it and move on? My research and experience of many workplaces suggests this might be exactly the wrong response.
My interest in the science of disappointment began more than 15 years ago as a workplace consultant. I was struck by how often clients described episodes that left them feeling disappointed as deeply personal and unsettling experiences – and by how little research there was to help me respond meaningfully. That prompted me to do a PhD…
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