By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Relatives of detainees take part in a demonstration demanding the release of political prisoners in front of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Caracas on November 21, 2024. © 2024 FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Venezuelan authorities are carrying out widespread abuses against critics through politically motivated arrests, a year after the presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.Hours after polls closed on July 28, 2024, the Electoral Council declared that Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected. International observers…
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By Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Jenna Bytheway, Senior Research Officer in Conservation Biology, University of Sydney
Ever wondered who would win a fight between an Australian and an introduced rat? New research provides the fascinating answer.
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By Trevor Evans, Associate Professor, History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
If you believe the hype, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. However, new research suggests the technology may also improve our understanding of the past.
A team of computer scientists from Google DeepMind, working with classicists and archaeologists from universities in the United Kingdom and Greece, described a new machine-learning system designed to help experts to understand ancient Latin inscriptions.
Named Aeneas (after the mythical…
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By Amnesty International
The Syrian government must urgently step up efforts to prevent gender-based violence and promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable, Amnesty International said today. Since February 2025, Amnesty International has received credible reports of at least 36 Alawite women and girls, aged between […] The post Syria: Authorities must investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Afghan women walk past razor barricades along a roadside in Kabul on December 8, 2024. © 2025 Ahmad Sahelarman/AFP via Getty Images Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating Taliban dress codes. The slew of arrests mark yet another continuation of the Taliban’s relentless attack on women’s autonomy, causing fear and intimidation for women and girls across Afghanistan.The arrests deepen the Taliban’s enforcement of their outrageous August 2024 “vice and virtue” decree requiring women…
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By Lynn Nazareth, Research Scientist in Olfactory Biology, CSIRO
When you’re sick you’ll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it’s thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown.
What can this phlegm – also called mucus, snot, sputum, catarrh and booger – really tell us about our health?
Here’s what to look for, and when to see a doctor.
What is phlegm?
We all produce mucus, even when healthy. Mucus is a barrier to the outside world that helps protect the organs in our bodies.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell has urged Australia to go further in it’s climate goals, telling Australia to seize the moment.
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By Sam Teague, Associate Dean of Engagement, Murdoch University
Chad Morrison, Associate Dean, Murdoch University
The recent deaths of two babies have both been reported as family violence. The overdue change in language gets us one step closer to keeping children safer.
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By Damien O'Meara, Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Australian TV has changed significantly over the past 15 years, with a boom in queer stories since the 2010s. New research sheds light on how these changes happened.
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By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato
Mohsen Joshanloo, Associate Professor in Psychology, Keimyung University
Do you feel you should say “good” when someone asks how you are? If so, you may be responding to pressures of pro-happiness tribalism.
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