By Caitlin Burns, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
I read the books that helped shape The Family, the cult founded by an Australian yoga teacher in the 1960s – when Western societies were newly fascinated by the East.
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By Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
At its best, the scheme changes lives – like an abattoir worker using savings to supply clean drinking water to his Vanuatu village. But exploitation remains rife.
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By Grace Waye-Harris, Early Career Researcher in History, Adelaide University
Stories of sex, power and public execution in Tudor England provide endless entertainment. But let’s not forget their magnificent fashion.
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By Alice Barratt, PhD Candidate, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Christopher Turbill, Associate Professor, School of Science and the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there lives a small bird with a white back, forked tail and – as we’ve just discovered – a very clever strategy to survive its extreme environment.
The white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is a type of passerine – the largest group of birds, comprising 60% of all bird species.
Scientists have long thought these birds incapable of deep torpor – a controlled state of reduced body temperature that saves energy and has been found in many…
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By Claire Henry, Associate Professor in Screen, Flinders University
Michael S. Daubs, Senior Lecturer in Media, Film, and Communication, University of Otago
With a major inquiry into online harms nearing its conclusion, NZ faces a pivotal decision about how boldly it wants to respond.
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By Marshia Akbar, Research Lead on Labour Migration at the CERC Migration and Integration Program, TMU, Toronto Metropolitan University
Devaanshi Khanzode, Quantitative Researcher, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
U.S. tariffs disrupted Canada’s manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didn’t impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers the same.
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By Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
While all Olympic athletes are expected to play and perform under pressure, Canada’s historical successes at the Winter Games have created heightened expectations.
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By Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Reggaeton star’s comments on ICE have added to a conservative backlash to NFL’s choice of entertainment. But his appeal in Latin America is seen as a big plus.
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By Minority Africa
“It is due to the stigma that my parents and siblings remain unaware of my HIV history. It’s been three years since the diagnosis, one year since I reached undetectable.”
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By Candice Maenza, Research Project Manager, Associate Director of the Center for Translational Neuromechanics in Rehabilitation, Penn State
Robert Sainburg, Professor of Kinesiology and Neurology, Penn State
Rehabilitation from stroke has traditionally focused on improving the function of the most severely affected arm. But training the other arm might actually lead to more gains.
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