By Samuel Cornell, Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Krista Fisher, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
Looksmaxxing, fibremaxxing, proteinmaxxing, T-maxxing. There are so many TikTok trends that promise to optimise our lives.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2025. © 2025 Jerry Harmer/AP Photo (Bangkok) – Thai authorities should halt the imminent deportation of 26 ethnic Karen villagers from Phetchaburi province to Myanmar and release them from immigration detention, Human Rights Watch said today.On August 10, 2026, district and forestry officials along with the Thai military raided the Karen community in Ban Pa Deng village in Phetchaburi province’s Kaeng Krachan National Park, targeting those without proof of Thai citizenship. The authorities…
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By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
A push in California to tax billionaires will be an important test of the political power of the rich – and the health of US democracy.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The assistant minister argues Australia needs to leverage its data centre advantage and translate that into benefits and growth for the broader economy.
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By Suzanne Rutland, Professor Emerita in Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies, University of Sydney
My research has found religious education can encourage critical thinking in children, instil kindness and tolerance, and help expand students’ worldviews.
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By Penny Olsen, Honorary Professor in Ecology and Evolution, Australian National University
Yesterday, I woke to a cold, damp Canberra morning – and silence. The trees around my home were empty of feathered silhouettes. Even the usual bright-eyed, warble-voiced magpies were absent.
The next morning, they were back. I don’t know why they went AWOL. But their absence felt like a taste of what might come as the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu spreads in Australia, affecting both birds and mammals.
Conservationists once asked: what is a bird without a tree to nest in?
This year,…
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By Casey C. Forster, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Théotime Colin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Bee Ecology, Macquarie University
For decades, Australia was the last inhabited continent free of the bee-killing Varroa mite (Varroa destructor).
That all changed in June 2022, when Varroa was detected near Newcastle and rapidly spread along the coast of eastern Australia. By September…
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By Nicole Brownlie, Lecturer in Education, University of Southern Queensland
An oral exam can show how students have meaningfully engaged with a topic. But it shouldn’t be used as a litmus test for AI use.
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By Joshua Black, Lecturer, University of Canberra
The Twilight of Exceptionalism is veteran journalist Paul Kelly’s latest contribution to the chronicles of Australian political history. In the tradition of Edward Gibbon, it’s a story of the decline and fall – not the rise and fall – of the Coalition government from 2013 to 2022. And in this tale, there are populist barbarians pressing at the gates.
The book explores the policy dilemmas of the era and…
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By Ceri Shipton, Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University; UCL
Shimona Kealy, Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
Sue O'Connor, Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
The age of the rock art at Wetar means it could be one of the earliest places outside of Taiwan to document the Austronesian migration.
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