By Anthony Dat, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University
Kidney stones are painful and surprisingly common this time of year. Here’s why and how to prevent them ruining your Christmas.
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By Julie Choi, Senior lecturer in Education (Additional Languages), The University of Melbourne
About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking English and during term-time, home languages often take a back seat. So holidays – particularly the long summer break – offer a chance to hear and speak their heritage languages more often.
Research shows home…
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By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
Are we all political animals? Aristotle thought so. Politics, he believed, was the art of the possible, but extremes of wealth could harm democracies.
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By Amnesty International
All forced returns of refugees and asylum seekers to Afghanistan must immediately end, Amnesty International said, as the latest UN figures revealed that Iran and Pakistan alone have unlawfully expelled more than 2.6 million people to the country this year. About 60% of those returned are women and children. Thousands of others have been deported from Turkey and Tajikistan. The figures come as the Taliban intensify their attacks on human rights with devastating effect particularly on women and girls, and the country remains in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, which has been further exacerbated by…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the detention of three prominent human rights defenders in Yekaterinburg on charges of “organizing activities of an undesirable organization,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Russian authorities are blatantly attempting to criminalize human rights work. By conducting intrusive searches and arbitrary arrests, and by criminalizing peaceful cooperation […] The post Russia: Prominent human rights defenders targeted under “undesirable organizations” legislation appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. © 2025 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson (Washington, DC) – Human Rights Watch today published a detailed question-and-answer document analyzing the Trump administration’s boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. To date, 26 reported strikes have unlawfully killed at least 95 people, none of whom the US government has identified.The Question-and-Answer document…
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By Sujith Ramachandran, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi
Adam Pate, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Mississippi
Even when Americans have health insurance, they can have a hard time affording the drugs they’ve been prescribed.
About 1 in 5 U.S. adults skip filling a prescription due to its cost at least once a year, according to KFF, a health research organization. And 1 in 3 take steps to cut their prescription drug costs, such as splitting pills when it’s…
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By Joshua Kastenberg, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico
US Sen. Mark Kelly correctly articulated military law when he said service members have a duty to not obey unlawful orders, according to a military law scholar.
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By Sven Bilén, Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
The closer to Earth a satellite flies, the clearer a picture it can take of the surface. But low-flying satellites also have to deal with atmospheric drag.
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By Bilal Haider, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision is shaped by their environment and behavior can clarify the same in people.
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