By Wendy Hargreaves, Academic in the School of Education and Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland
The Swedish pop song came out at a time when ABBA was trying to break into the American market. But it would go on to become a global anthem.
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By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Adelaide University
New research suggests crocodiles used to have hot blood and fast metabolisms, but gave it all up to lurk underwater waiting for prey.
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By Michaela Spencer, Senior Research Fellow, the Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Annunciata Nunuk Wilson, Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
Janine Cooper, Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
Latisha Marranytya, Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
Troy Mardigan, Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
Elders say there are many drivers of community violence and unrest that go unaddressed by typical law and order responses. Here’s what they’re doing instead.
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By Sharon McLennan, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
This week’s Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji is a response to a highly complex regional crisis, not one that stops at the island nation’s border.
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By Nicole Kimball, Casual Academic, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Good Witch, an investigation of Europe and North America’s infamous witch hunts, is good on historical empathy, but too hard on men in general.
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By Julia Henning, Researcher, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Adelaide University
What many people think of as ‘play’ may not be play at all. In fact, these interactions could cause cats stress.
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By Ghazaal Habibyar, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.
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By Lorinda Cramer, Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
Hooded garments are nothing new – we’ve even got hoodies that date back to the Iron Age. But how did the modern garment come to be everywhere?
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By Isabella Podwinski, Social Media Producer, The Conversation
While their antics might make us pay attention to election campaigns, how did we end up with joke candidates as part of our political culture?
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By Mei Dong, Professor in Economics, The University of Melbourne
Macquarie is among dozens of smaller lenders – but not yet the biggest four – to start offering slightly lower interest rates, as banks compete for fewer customers.
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