By Ziyad Al-Aly, Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
Doctors often call the condition a stroke of the eye – and though the risk is small, patients should know the symptoms and seek immediate treatment if they occur.
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By Ian Christopher Fuller, Professor in Physical Geography, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Tim Davies, Adjunct Professor of Disaster Risk and Resilience, University of Canterbury
The Waiho River is rising faster because it deposits gravel along a confined bed. There is a strong case for letting the river roam naturally.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
On this podcast we speak to two close observers about the Victorian election, RedBridge pollster Kos Samaras and the ABC’s Victorian state reporter Richard Willingham.
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By Janne Liebmann, Research Fellow, Curtin University
Tectonic plates may have allowed life to form on Earth – but exactly when they started moving is a long-standing mystery.
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By Nurbek Bekmurzaev
We saw a gap: young people were consuming information and even participating online, but without media literacy, digital security awareness, or confidence that their voice could shape anything.
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By Ezenwa E. Olumba, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
Thomas Stubbs, Professor of Global Political Economy, Royal Holloway, University of London
One of the deadliest attacks on Israel in 2024 came not from an Iranian missile or rocket, but from a single Hezbollah drone attack. On October 13, 2024, a drone struck the dining hall of a military base near Binyamina, south of Haifa, as Israeli soldiers were eating. It killed four people and injured 67.
Houthi rebels have been using drones to attack airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, causing havoc in the Gulf kingdom. Israel and Saudi Arabia are two wealthy countries and have powerful militaries…
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By Anita Talberg, Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
The UN climate summit COP31 has a strong focus on electrification. But is it realistic? Our analysis has the answers.
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By Thomas Corbin, Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
Unis must ensure degrees demonstrate students’ learning, rather than how well they’ve used artificial intelligence. But it’s an ongoing challenge.
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By Jak Kakhkharov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Australian Catholic University
For most of 2026, inflation has remained more persistent in Australia than in similar economies, and the Reserve Bank has been hiking interest rates more aggressively than other central banks. Australian households have been feeling the pain.
Official figures measure both the headline rate or consumer price index (CPI), which includes goods and services typically consumed by a household, and underlying inflation. Underlying…
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By Bonnie Searle, Research Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Some long daycare services provide children with breakfast, morning and afternoon tea and a hot lunch. But others do not provide any food all. This means the onus is on families to provide meals.
Good nutrition is essential for children’s learning and development, particularly in the first five years when the brain is developing rapidly.
Yet, around one in six Australian children experience food…
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