By Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
Nasa has named its latest flagship space telescope after the American scientist Nancy Grace Roman. Roman’s contributions to astrophysics should have made her famous, yet many people will never have heard of her.
For decades, astronomers have been spoiled with stunning data and imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched into Earth orbit in 1990. In 2021, the James Webb space telescope (JWST) was sent into space as Hubble’s successor. Since then,…
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By Asiye Uyghur
The official documents China's new cotton-quality regulation show how cotton production is being integrated into a system of land transfer, labor mobilisation, political instruction, and digital surveillance.
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By Nirajan Shiwakoti, Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Could more lives be saved if people were trained to act immediately when a flood warning arrives? I believe the answer is yes.
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By Prashidha Khatiwada, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
A flash flood can transform a river within minutes. This is what communities near the Nepal-Tibet border witnessed on Wednesday.
A massive flash flood ripped through villages along the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli river system carrying mud, debris and fast-flowing water. It has claimed the lives of at least 469…
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By Danielle Thielke, PhD Candidate, Communications & Culture, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
Kelly Jaunzems, Lecturer in Public Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University
We urgently need relationship and sex education that’s relevant to teenagers and focuses on reducing risks – not making them scared to seek help.
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By Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in Glacial Geomorphology, Monash University
Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
On August 26 a glacier collapsed in the Langtang region of Nepal near the China border, triggering an ice and rock avalanche. This apparently entered the Lhende Khola, a tributary of the Bhote Koshi river, where it either caused or contributed to a temporary blockage. When this burst, a catastrophic flash flood travelled almost 100 kilometres downstream.
A glacier collapses
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By Olivera Simic, Professor in Law, Griffith University
Bosnia remains a country divided by contrasting histories and narratives about the war. Mladić is a symbolic reminder of this.
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By Samuel Cairnduff, Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Sydney’s Powerhouse Parramatta was built on a bold leader’s vision. Now that leader is stepping down, weeks before it is due to open.
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By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW
In recent weeks, wildfires have ravaged Europe amid record-breaking heat and drought. These fires posed an immediate threat to life, forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people across France, Spain and Portugal. Rivers across Europe have also hit record low water levels.
These developments have highlighted a deadly legacy of past conflict: unexploded bombs and other munitions.
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By Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Laureate Professor, Director of Sydney Institute for Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
In August 2018, just four months before she died, I had the great fortune to interview Nancy Grace Roman about her extraordinary life studying the stars.
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