By Sharon McLennan, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
This week’s Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji is a response to a highly complex regional crisis, not one that stops at the island nation’s border.
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By Nicole Kimball, Casual Academic, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Good Witch, an investigation of Europe and North America’s infamous witch hunts, is good on historical empathy, but too hard on men in general.
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By Julia Henning, Researcher, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Adelaide University
What many people think of as ‘play’ may not be play at all. In fact, these interactions could cause cats stress.
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By Ghazaal Habibyar, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.
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By Lorinda Cramer, Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
Hooded garments are nothing new – we’ve even got hoodies that date back to the Iron Age. But how did the modern garment come to be everywhere?
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By Isabella Podwinski, Social Media Producer, The Conversation
While their antics might make us pay attention to election campaigns, how did we end up with joke candidates as part of our political culture?
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By Mei Dong, Professor in Economics, The University of Melbourne
Macquarie is among dozens of smaller lenders – but not yet the biggest four – to start offering slightly lower interest rates, as banks compete for fewer customers.
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By Jordan Zalis, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, University of Guelph
Alexander Castleton, Associate Professor of Sociology and Academic Director of the Politics, Philosophy and Economics Program, University of Montevideo; Carleton University
An institution that belongs to everyone and to no one is a fragile thing. It survives on a shared conviction that some goods are not for sale and belong to the community.
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By Regan E. Dunn, Associate Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
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By Hoani Smith, Lecturer in Sport Management and Sport Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Conrad Goodhew, Assistant Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury
Online wellness trends claim saunas and cold plunges can boost male fertility. The evidence tells a more nuanced story – and some claims don’t stack up.
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