By Luke Munn, Research Fellow, Digital Cultures & Societies, The University of Queensland
Two new books, End Times Fascism and Nerd Reich, take a hard look at fascism today – and its intersections with big tech.
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By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Waikato
Competition for AI dominance resembles the nuclear arms race of the Cold War era. A similarly serious response may also now be needed.
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By John R. Heckman, Doctoral Candidate, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Brock University
Visual footage — even that created by journalists and civilians to document conflict and hold nations accountable — can now become raw material for weapons development.
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By Susan Watson, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
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By Rebecca Smullin Dawson, Associate Professor of Biology, Allegheny College
Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
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By J. Thomas Beatty, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
Andrew S. Lang, University Research Professor, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn of recorded history.
However, all living organisms that are susceptible…
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By Bryan McGovern, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University
Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist. That, apparently, is true in an Irish sense, too – even if those terms have very different meanings across the Atlantic.
On Sept. 12, 2026, while seated next to taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister, Micheál Martin, the U.S. president stated that he would “love to see” Ireland unified and that it…
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By Ly Tran, Professor, School of Education, Deakin University
Reducing the number of people on student and graduate visas may reduce migration numbers, but it could also weaken demand for Australian goods and services.
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By Bill Bateman, Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University
How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.
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By Jak Kakhkharov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Australian Catholic University
The rush to build data centres brings investment and the promise of a sophisticated digital economy. But it also creates new pressure on housing and skilled workers.
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