By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no longer dominates the headlines, and influenza is often dismissed as a routine winter illness.
But the latest provisional figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggest otherwise.
In 2025, there were 1,455 deaths in Australia due to influenza. This is the highest number the ABS has recorded in…
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By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Jordan McSwiney, Senior research fellow, University of Canberra
Kurt Sengul, Research fellow, Far-Right Communication, Macquarie University
One Nation wants to differentiate itself from the Liberals on energy at a time when the parties increasingly overlap on social issues.
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By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Rebecca Knapp, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
If your child has ever dug their heels in on the morning of school athletics day, or refused to speak in front of the class, you’re not alone.
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By Millicent Weber, ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in English, Australian National University
Pirate versions of bestselling books are swamping YouTube. Barbara Cartland’s voice will be cloned for her audiobooks. And audiobook giants are embracing AI voices.
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By Louise D'Arcens, Professor of English, Macquarie University
This mysterious Viking-age hoard lay buried for more than a millenium. Unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist, it is now on show in Sydney.
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By Liam Anderson
Faced with rapid urbanization, fragile waste management systems, youth unemployment and growing climate vulnerability, artists, activists, musicians, and community entrepreneurs in Mozambique develop local responses to address an environmental crisis.
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By Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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By Rachel Woods, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham; University of Lincoln
Losing weight is hard. Keeping it off is often even harder.
Research has shown that most people who intentionally lose weight regain at least some of it within a few years. This is often attributed to lack of “willpower”, but the evidence actually shows that after we lose weight, the body undergoes a range of biological changes that encourage…
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By karla berrens, Tenure track lecturer, Universitat de Barcelona
Fireworks and drums are a big part of Catalan culture, but decades of extreme noise take a toll on performers’ health.
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By Callum Smith, Historian of Modern British History & Head of Online Learning, Aberystwyth University
Scandal and satire transformed Charles James Fox into one of Britain’s first political celebrities, and shaped public opinion for decades.
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