By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan, Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW ; University of Sydney
Your eyes detect when darkness falls, triggering the brain to produce melatonin. But do supplements always have the same effect?
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By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
There’s a rich tradition of daggy humour in Australian film and television, running from Alvin Purple (1973) to Muriel’s Wedding (1994) to the inimitable ABC series Dog’s Head Bay (1999). These works embrace the cultural cringe of Australianness in a way that’s thoroughly disarming.
It’s great to see Stan keeping this tradition alive and kicking, first with The F Ward and now with the comedy horror series Gnomes.
Gnomes is,…
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By Nina Araneta-Alana, Research fellow, Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability, The University of Melbourne
Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Liz Hicks, Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne
Suzanne Varrall, Research Fellow, Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability, The University of Melbourne
Australia’s highest court has just delivered its first-ever decision in a climate case. And it could sour the economic argument for developing new coal and gas projects in New South Wales, and possibly Australia.
This High Court judgement is timely – Australia is co-hosting an international pre-COP31 climate summit in the Pacific this week…
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By Sajish Mathew, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in the body depending on how they’re arranged in space.
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By Aaron Gilbert, Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Limiting the superannuation debate to whether the age of entitlement should be raised crowds out other options for funding a sustainable retirement system.
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By Amnesty International
In response to reports of the death of a young man of possible Haitian origin during a migration operation in Verón, Punta Cana, on 3 October, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “No death occurring in the context of migration enforcement operations should go uninvestigated. The Dominican authorities are obliged to ensure a prompt, […] The post Dominican Republic: Death of young man during migration operation must be promptly and independently investigated appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Joshua M. Pearce, John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
if AI shut down the electricity grid, it would swiftly shut down agriculture. Without fuel, refrigeration, irrigation and fertilizers, we would all have to get creative in feeding ourselves.
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By Johnny Chan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
They’re dubbed duanju, or microdramas – and they’ve become big business.
In China, the smartphone-friendly shows reportedly generated US$7 billion in 2024, overtaking the country’s domestic box office for the first time. Their audience numbers in the hundreds of millions, while the format is also growing rapidly in other markets, including…
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By Marta Khomyn, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University
The October 23 listing could be Australia’s biggest in three decades. Many workers look set to own a piece of Firmus via their super – whether they want to or not.
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By Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne
Anthony John Romano, PhD student & Research Assistant (Palaeoecology), The University of Melbourne
Russell Mullett, Traditional Custodian — Kurnai, Indigenous Knowledge
Bushfire season is here. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the declared El Niño to be strong to very strong. Southeastern Australia is bracing for a long run of dangerous fire weather.
Weather is only part of a catastrophic fire. Another factor is fuel – combustible vegetation. Our new research, published today, shows the current fuel load in some Australian forests is not “natural”. It is a product…
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