By Jason M. Lodge, Director of the Learning, Instruction & Technology Lab and Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland
Education Minister Jason Clare says he doesn’t want to ‘burn the iPads’. But he does want to see less tech use in classrooms.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Joshua Wong speaks to protesters near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 17, 2019. © 2019 Kin Cheung/AP Photo (Tokyo) – The Hong Kong High Court on November 5, 2026, sentenced Joshua Wong, a well-known democracy activist, to 10 years in prison on baseless national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Two months of the sentence will run concurrently with his current national security sentence. Wong has been in custody since November 2020, when he was 23, and faces imprisonment until late 2036, when he will be 40.The Hong Kong government…
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By Lurion De Mello, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Macquarie University
The US–Iran war has upended the diesel supply chain. Australia’s supply of diesel has held up, but it now leans on fewer suppliers and a longer, more fragile chain.
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By Liz Mackie, Senior Research Fellow, Economic Security Program, University of Sydney
Democrats will dig into the decisions behind tariff rates for various industries and trade partners, but can’t do much more for now.
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By Alison Cole, Composer and Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
The new film, out in IMAX, has viewers shaking in their seats from the volume. Why are some cinema screenings so loud?
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By Zareh Ghazarian, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
While much attention has been on Victoria’s lower house, there may also be a power shift in the important upper house.
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By Mary Ogborn, Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics, Penn State
A 22-year-old space telescope lost its fight against gravity and came crashing down to Earth on the morning of Nov. 4, 2026, above the North Sumatra region of Indonesia. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory had been the go-to telescope for observing astrophysical events that happen quickly, such as supernovas. Its onboard instruments…
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By Ana Saggioro Garcia, Professora Adjunta de Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); PUC-Rio
First round result was a warning against complacency, but the runoof comeback does not resolve the structural tensions facing a fourth Lula administration.
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By Sarah Fakhreddine, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Marlee Shaffer, Postdoctoral Scholar of Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
A boil-water advisory in Beaver County has residents and schools adjusting. Water researchers explain what E. coli in tap water means and how utilities make it safe.
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By Abigail Hall, Professor of Economics, University of Tampa
Aaron D. Wood, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tampa
Amendment 3, which cuts property taxes for most homeowners, will also mean a 30% drop in tax revenue for Florida counties.
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