By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
A new treaty on military space operations is highly unlikely, leaving private companies and militaries to define the boundaries of acceptable conduct in war.
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By Michelle Hamadache, Director of Creative Writing, Macquarie University
The flaw of child heroes is their vulnerability, their trust in the adults in their lives, their tendency to look to them for guidance.
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By Jacob Keech, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Griffith University
Karina Rune, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
Mass panic buying creates new problems for everyone that otherwise wouldn’t exist. To get people to stop, we need to give them a smarter message.
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By Mike Calver, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, Murdoch University
Heather M. Crawford, Assistant researcher, Murdoch University
Trish Fleming, Professor, Murdoch University
It’s not just wildlife that gets killed. Cats come off worse in road traffic accidents and fights when they roam.
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By Mike Armour, Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
Having your period can be a painful experience.
Period pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a very common condition with around nine in ten young women aged 13 to 25 in Australia having regular period pain.
For many women, period pain can make exercise seem like an impossible task.
So should you avoid exercise if you have period pain? Or could exercising actually help?
What causes period pain?
There are two main types of period pain.
The most…
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By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Film critics – myself included – love to bemoan the death of high-quality cinema in the age of streaming, pointing to mediocre Best Picture Oscar nominees as evidence that the production of great (or even good) films is on the wane.
But perhaps things are changing. Are people sick of being inundated with short videos on TikTok and Youtube, and once again hankering for a cinematic experience? The quality of this year’s nominees suggests…
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By Cristina Luz Wilkins, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England
Amy Lykins, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of New England
Cathrynne Henshall, Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Melanie Fillios, Professor, Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England
Paul McGreevy, Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel posed a deceptively simple question: “what is it like to be a bat?”. His point wasn’t really about bats. He was offering a provocative challenge about the limits of understanding another mind: no matter how much we try, we cannot access what it feels like to experience the world as another.
This might seem like an abstract philosophical puzzle. But it’s crucial when we consider the billions of animals in our care – whether in farms, laboratories, homes or zoos. We make daily decisions…
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By Tamer Morris, Senior Lecturer, International Law, University of Sydney
Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.
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By Locky Xianglong Liu, Research fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
Jason Nassios, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
The last cut in the fuel excise cost $5 billion. A temporary tax on gas exports could provide more targeted relief for households.
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By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
MAGA mouthpiece and kingmaker Tucker Carlson was an early voice on the Mexico wall, Putin, Orban and South Africa – as well as RFK Jr and Tulsi Gabbard. What next?
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