By Rod Crompton, Visiting Adjunct Professor, African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa is struggling to move to renewable energy because of: Eskom’s dominance, weak planning, a poor grid, failing municipal networks and unused solar.
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By Mark Gower, Head of Department of 3D Design, Kingston University
When football commentators analyse a World Cup match, they tend to focus on tactics, technical ability, physical conditioning and psychology. If a team wins away from home, we hear about mentality. If a player scores a spectacular goal, we praise their vision or instinct. Yet there is another factor that receives remarkably little attention: the stadium itself.
The 2026 Fifa World Cup, hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada, presents perhaps the greatest architectural experiment…
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By Louise Holt, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University
Francisco Azpitarte, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy & Undergraduate Programme Lead for Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy Programmes, Loughborough University
Sobhi Berjawi, Senior Researcher in Data Analysis, Loughborough University
It isn’t clear that these bases are the answer to providing inclusive education for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
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By Anne Toomey McKenna, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
Geofencing warrants, which round up the location data of everyone in a specific place at a specific time, are now legally subject to Fourth Amendment protections.
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By Eloise Stevens, Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast, The Conversation
Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
A few years ago, 10-year-old Guy was driving along the Australian coast when he saw whales, spouting water up into the air. He was amazed. “Then my brother farted, and then I wondered if whales fart,” says Guy.
Guy joined our host Eloise to put his question to Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University in Australia on this week’s episode of The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Liberals seem to be unable to resist damaging infighting just as things seemed to be looking up in Victoria.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palestinians stand behind a barrier as Israeli forces block farmers from accessing their lands in Halhul town near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 20, 2025. © 2025 Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images The European Union’s obligation to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements is not in question. But its leadership’s will to comply has long been.Following growing pressure from civil society, trade unions, legal scholars, some EU governments and members of the European Parliament, and a series of unilateral bans by some…
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By Samuel Cornell, Honorary Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Rob Brander, Professor, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Sharks are front of mind for many Sydneysiders and coastal New South Wales residents. In January, a teenager died amid a spate of attacks in and around Sydney. This month, a woman was bitten by a large great white while swimming close to shore and between the flags at Coogee Beach.
These incidents have made many swimmers and surfers fearful of
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By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne
A legal expert explains the allegations against Amazon Australia and US – and why the new case is already making global headlines.
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By Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
In the Balkans, tradition is often deemed to be fixed and patriarchal. Yet the region’s history, folklore and popular memory contain more complicated examples of the fluidity of gender roles.
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