By Vibhu Arya, PhD Researcher, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Australians use debit and credit cards to pay for almost three out of four payments. Here’s what will soon change for shoppers and businesses.
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By Rachel Sutherland, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
Amy Peacock, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
Jodie Grigg, Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Established drugs – such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – continue to demand attention. Here’s what else the latest drug trends tell us.
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By Joel Garrett, Lecturer in Exercise Science and Physiology, Griffith University
Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University
Every September, Australian Football League (AFL) fans are told the same thing: the grand final is the hardest game of the year – faster, fiercer and more brutal than the matches that came before it.
It is something commentators, players…
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By Matthew Firth, Research Fellow in Medieval History, Flinders University
It’s easy to say now that paying the Vikings to go away ‘didn’t work’. But this obscures the fact paying off one Viking band didn’t ensure another would stop coming.
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By Nicholas John Wheeler, Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham; BASIC
Marcus Holmes, Professor of Government; Faculty Affiliate, Global Research Institute, William & Mary
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Washington summit has been billed as a discussion of major issues surrounding the development and possible regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as trying to find common ground over Taiwan and trade. What everyone wants to know is whether – and how – the leaders of the two biggest world powers can get over their rivalry through face-to-face diplomacy to achieve a positive outcome in what is surely the most urgent question facing global leadership.
The importance Beijing attaches to such encounters was underlined on September 17 when, in a…
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By Daniel Waktola, Associate Professor, Austin Community College
Maps are an essential technology of modern life. They help navigate streets, follow deliveries and track storms. They’re embedded in election coverage, humanitarian emergencies, military briefings, and development reports. They underpin the “location intelligence” that governments and businesses use to understand where people, services, risks and opportunities are.
Most of the time, we barely notice them. Which may be exactly why they’re worth noticing.
Maps carry unusual authority. Put an argument into a paragraph and readers may question it. Draw the same argument as…
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By Garhe Osiebe, Research Fellow, Rhodes University
If there was any doubt that “billing” has become central to Nigerian conversations about dating, money and gender, eLDee the Don has supplied a new soundtrack with the song I Wish You Well.
I study the intersection of popular music and politics in Nigeria. eLDee’s 2011 youth mobilisation…
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By Mathias Alubafi Fubah, Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
South Africa has made strides in integrating immigrants into local communities. The country is home to an estimated 2.4 million to 3.1 million foreign-born residents. This represents roughly 4% to 5.1% of the total population.
Acceptance of immigrants as neighbours in the neighbourhoods where they live and work is, however, not a given. Suspicion and tensions…
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By Alberto Caracciolo, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Iceland
Maurizio Petrelli, Professor of Igneous Petrology, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Teresa Ubide, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
By observing the tree-ring-like growth records present in volcanic crystals, geologists are able to track volcanic activity and reconstruct the steps leading up to eruptions.
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By Kinda Ibrahim, Associate Professor, Primary Care, University of Southampton
Around 8 million people in the UK take five or more medications each day (known as polypharmacy), with a further 2 million people taking ten or more prescription drugs daily. The majority of people who take multiple medications each day are aged over 65.
Taking multiple prescription drugs is not necessarily a problem. But it can become problematic when a
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