By Vito Butardo Jr, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology
Rice is life for billions of people. But this grain crop depends heavily on irrigation – and the looming El Niño is likely to bring dry conditions.
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By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland
Connor Goddard, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University
The Doctor and the Tardis are currently trapped in limbo. The world’s longest running sci-fi series is in its most uncertain state in 20 years. The BBC have cancelled the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special and put production of a new series out for tender.
This follows a series of departures.
Showrunner Russell T. Davies – who oversaw Doctor Who’s triumphant return to television in 2005 after the 1989 cancellation – will be retiring from the series.
Production company
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By Elizabeth C. Tippett, Professor of Law, University of Oregon
The court’s narrow opinion backing Fed governor Lisa Cook against Trump referenced the Fed’s vital role in steering the US economy.
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By Kelly Gourdji, Radio Astronomy Research Scientist, CSIRO
Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in a way that we can detect on Earth.
We can then use these ripples to measure one of the universe’s most fundamental but elusive properties – how fast it is expanding.…
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Monday, June 29, 2026
Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries continue to launch long-range drone strikes.
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By Vanora Hundley, Professor of Midwifery, Bournemouth University
Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health, University of Stirling
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust report has identified serious failings in care at one of England’s largest maternity services, with lessons for maternity units nationally. Among its findings was a repeated problem at the very start of labour: women and families struggled to access timely assessment and felt dismissed during telephone triage.
In several cases, women were…
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By Jose Pina-Sánchez, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, University of Leeds
Toby Davies, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice Data Analytics, University of Leeds
Picture a busy road running through a residential neighbourhood. The noise, the fumes, the danger to cyclists and pedestrians – all familiar concerns. But here is one you might not have considered: that traffic may also be making your street more prone to vandalism, burglary and violence.
That is what our new research, using data from tens of thousands of households across England, Scotland and Wales, suggests. We found that when motor traffic increases in a neighbourhood, residents’ assessments…
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By Lingyi Zheng, Assistant Professor, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
Companies facing hostile takeover threats invest more in environmental, social and governance initiatives, and the effect spreads to their competitors.
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By Asma Atique, Research Fellow, Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Deepa Nagari, Research Assistant, Socio-Legal Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
Changes to Canada’s immigration system have dramatically reduced legal pathways towards permanent residency based on myths about the impact of immigrants on Canadian society.
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By Lauren Lowman, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wake Forest University
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
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