By Marg Rogers, Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
Michelle Gossner, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
Moving away from familiar friends, neighbours, sports clubs and schools can be hard. But children can also develop positive ways to cope with change.
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By Nina Hillenberg, Senior Lecturer, Design, Torrens University Australia
Sweden’s election is on September 13. In Brisbane, Adelaide, Auckland and Hyderabad, citizens voted inside the furniture giant’s blue-and-yellow stores.
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By Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
Carney D. Matheson, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
Fakhri, Researcher, Centre for Archaeometry, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
Melandri Vlok, Lecturer, School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Roger Papke, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Florida
Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.
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By Bill Collins, Adjunct Professor, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Some 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different to what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere was dominated by an enormous, single continent known as Gondwana.
This continent was first recognised by Austrian geologist Eduard Seuss in 1885 based on the presence of a unique plant fossil that was first discovered in the Gondwana Province of India. The fossils were then found in Australia, Africa, Antarctica and South America, demonstrating these land masses were once connected.
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By Tom Baker, Professor of Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Salene Schloffel-Armstrong, Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The city’s new underground rail stations are also impressive public spaces, showing how infrastructure can go well beyond the functional bare minimum.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the plight of Afghans has only deteriorated, with millions impoverished while authorities violate basic human rights daily.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the announcement by Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK that they plan to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and are considering further measures, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas said: “The announcement that 12 states plan to introduce restrictions on trade with Israeli […] The post Israel/OPT: Settlement trade restrictions must be followed by further concrete measures to end Israel’s…
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By Med Kharbach, Instructor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
Johanathan Woodworth, Assistant Professor, Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
If checking each other’s messages for AI fingerprints becomes a habit, even casual communication may be marred with suspicion and doubt.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. © 2021 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch The global push to make free education accessible for every child gained momentum, as 81 states met at the United Nations in Geneva on August 31 to September 2 to discuss a proposed treaty that could strengthen children’s right to education and remove financial barriers that keep many out of school.The new optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child would recognize early childhood care and education as part of the right to education,…
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By Reuben Rose-Redwood, Professor of Geography, University of Victoria
CindyAnn Rose-Redwood, Teaching Professor, Geography, University of Victoria
Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
Local leaders in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa have initiated a process to rename Trump Avenue in response to United States President Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America.”
It’s not the first time Ottawa has considered renaming the street.
Shortly after Trump’s first presidential term ended on Jan. 20, 2021, Ottawa City Coun. Riley Brockington polled…
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