By Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in Glacial Geomorphology, Monash University
The glaciers of the Himalayas aren’t safe from climate change. The sudden collapse of a glacier looks to have triggered disaster in Nepal.
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By Frederik von Briel, Associate Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, The University of Queensland
A recent study into China’s innovation boom found patenting activity has been accelerating for years and is built on a whole ecosystem, not a few lone heroes.
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By Ivan Litvinov, Associate Professor, Director of the Division of Dermatology, McGill University, McGill University
Vinesh Rao, M.D. Candidate, University of Alberta
Addressing sun exposure misinformation, such as online tanning trends and sunscreen myths, is important, but effective advice about UV protection is crucial, too. ‘No tan, no burn’ is the goal.
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By Andrew S. Flies, Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania
Prithul Chaturvedi, Doctoral Student in Medical Engineering, University of Tasmania
Edible bait vaccines made Europe virtually free from rabies. The approach could work against bird flu – if we invest in new vaccines.
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By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
Cheap camera glasses make covert filming easier than ever. But NZ law may leave gaps when the resulting footage is sexualised or shared online.
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By Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
Meta’s settlement calls for several key design changes to protect teens, but how the states will verify and enforce the changes is a big question mark.
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By Liz Giuffre, Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
The new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me celebrates the groundbreaking Australian performer’s 50 year career and gives an insight into the person behind the music, awards and accolades including an Order of Australia, the French National Order of Merit and the National Portrait Gallery’s commission by Georges Antoni titled Tina, 2025.
Directed by Adrian Russell Wills and written and produced by Jessica Carrera, the documentary interweaves contemporary interviews with Arena and her friends, family, colleagues and peers, with home video, archival footage and high profile moments.
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Zahra Shahhoseini, Lecturer - Disaster Resilience Infrastructure, RMIT University
A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds missing, including at least 34 Australians. The death toll is expected to rise.
Foreign tourists are among those feared dead or missing. Nepal’s tourism ministry reported…
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By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Tech giant Meta will pay up to roughly US$18 billion, plus make major design changes to Facebook and Instagram, as part of a settlement it has agreed to in its most recent lawsuit.
Filed…
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By Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University
The outlook for nuclear arms control is desolate in all three of its dimensions – risk reduction, non-proliferation and outright elimination. The important agreements of the past are dead or on life support. And the recent behaviour of the actors that matter most – the United States, Russia and China – has fed concerns things can only get worse.
The nine nuclear-armed states possess between them more than 12,200 nuclear warheads, with a combined destructive capacity of more than 145,000 Hiroshima bombs. Some 9,000 of these are militarily active or deployed.
Alarmingly,…
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