By Sara Webb, Course Director, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
Project Hail Mary reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it.
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By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.
After four decades researching language and linguistics, that response now seems almost absurd. But it reflects a common bias among those of us raised in text-based cultures. We tend to view written language as the ultimate form of expression, knowledge transmission and even thinking itself.
Yet linguists know that speech…
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Since February 2025, eight young Australians have died in e-bike crashes. That’s one reason Queensland is pushing for tighter e-mobility regulation.
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By Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University
Barbara Ehrenreich was inspired to write her classic expose of low-wage life in America by punitive 1990s welfare laws. Today, its message is as urgent as ever.
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By Kelly Garton, Senior Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Diets high in ultra-processed foods are linked to many serious diseases, but without recent nutritional surveys there are gaps in understanding the health impacts.
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By Kurt Michael Downes, PhD Candidate, Kinesiology, University of Windsor
Kevin Milne, Associate professor, Kinesiology, University of Windsor
When the World Athletics Indoor Championships get underway in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland, on March 20, be sure to tune in to the men’s seven-event heptathlon and the women’s five-event pentathlon.
The move indoors means there are fewer events compared to the men’s decathlon (10 events) and women’s…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A transgender rights flag is held during a march after the Hungarian parliament passed a law that bans LGBT-related events, Budapest, Hungary, March 30, 2025. © 2026 Marton Monus/Reuters The decision by the Budapest police to ban a demonstration to commemorate the International Day of Trans Visibility, is not about a single protest, but is the latest step in a broader campaign in Hungary to restrict peaceful assembly and silence dissenting voices.The decision relies on 2025 legislation that allows restrictions on events, including protests,…
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By Jennifer Fuller, PhD Candidate in Music, University of Sheffield
Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a washing machine drum.
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By Ian Munroe, Research Associate, Sinton Lab, University of Toronto
Anna Berka, Research Fellow, Griffith University
Christina E. Hoicka, Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change, Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects are growing quickly in Canada. New research suggests they could enable widespread acceptance of energy transitions.
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By André Gagné, Full Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University
When religious belief shapes the politics of rivals, it is labelled dangerous theology; but when it appears in Washington, it is cast as divine providence.
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