By Miniature Malekpour, Research assistant, criminal justice, University of Sydney
Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.
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By Daniel Gagnon, Professeur agrégé, Université de Montréal
Thomas Deshayes, Professeur adjoint, Faculté des sciences de l'activité physique, Université de Sherbrooke
Heat waves pose a threat to older adults, but a recent study suggests that they retain an unexpected ability to adapt to high temperatures.
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By Rose Upton, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Newcastle
Alex Callen, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Newcastle
Anne Ibbotson, HDR candidate, University of Newcastle
Many people are blissfully unaware the world’s frogs and amphibians are fighting their own deadly pandemic. In fact, this fungal disease – chytridiomycosis, or chytrid for short – is the worst wildlife disease on record.
The chytrid fungus has caused the global extinction of
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By Alison Talmage, Postdoctoral Researcher in Music Therapy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Singing in a choir helps people regain their voice and reduces social isolation and the sense of loss that often follows diagnosis with a brain condition.
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By Sharayah Carter, Lecturer Human Biosciences (Nutrition and Dietetics), RMIT University
A new review links to eating less protein to longer lifespans and improved metabolism. But lots of this evidence comes from animals, not humans.
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By Kelly Linden, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University
Part-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable group?
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By Vlast.kz
On paper, trade unions serve as the primary institution by which workers’ rights are protected. For more than three decades in Kazakhstan, however, they have been under constant pressure.
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By Eric Van Rythoven, Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University
Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.
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By William Akoto, Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University School of International Service
Hackers tried to break into at least 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota on July 26-27, 2026. Since then, Michigan and five other states have reported similar cyberattacks.
The attackers did not try to infiltrate the computers that utility offices use. Instead, they tried to seize control of small computers in equipment like pumps and valves that…
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By Human Rights Watch
A prominent Malian journalist was convicted under Mali’s cybercrime legislation for criticizing the use of that same law to silence another journalist. The verdict marks the latest escalation in the military junta’s widening assault on freedom of expression in the country. Click to expand Image Chahana Takiou, Bamako, Mali, June 2026. © Private On August 3, the national cybercrime court in Bamako, Mali’s capital, sentenced Chahana Takiou, editor of the biweekly 22 Septembre, to one year in prison.Security forces arrested Takiou on June 8 after he publicly criticized…
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