By Sean Spence, Security Risk Management Pracitioner & Researcher, Royal Military College of Canada
Findings by a British Columbia inquiry into the vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in April show Canadian authorities have a lot of work to do to make public events safer for citizens.
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By Douglas Schulz, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, University of Bradford
Ozzy Osbourne’s death is not just the passing of another rock star. It marks the end of an era – the fading of a figure who helped shape an entire music genre and subculture.
Both as a member of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist, Osbourne’s legacy lies not only in music history but how we understand performance, rebellion, and the expressive power of sound itself.
Despite a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and
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By Alexander Carpenter, Professor, Musicology, University of Alberta
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By Jonathan Durand Folco, Associate professor, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
In early July, Grok’s update went awry and Elon Musk’s chatbot generated anti-Semitic comments. Is Grok an AI tool of techno-fascism?
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By Erin Harper, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
New legislation gives the federal education department powers to suspend or cancel funding if a centre is not meeting quality and safety requirements.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Parliament began it’s first full day and while the Government continues to ride high, a call from senior Nationals to drop the commitment to Net-Zero, leaves Sussan Ley in trouble.
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By José Manuel Cabrero, Catedrático. Estructuras Arquitectónicas y Construcción con Madera. Cátedra Madera Onesta, Universidad de Navarra
Rayder Willian Leonardo Laura, Científico investigador, Universidad de Navarra
Most of us are already quite comfortable recycling our household waste. In Spain, for instance, millions of tonnes of packaging are processed every year, but did you know that buildings and their materials can also be recycled, or that an entire building could be completely dismantled and reassembled?
Formula 1, often a laboratory for innovation, offers us a real-world example of this in the form of the Red Bull team’s “pit box”, known as the F1Holzhaus…
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By Matt Warren, Managing Director, Universal Impact, The Conversation
We believe in the power of research to change the world for the better. But we also understand that research needs to be shared – effectively and accessibly – if it is to have its greatest impact.
As the Conversation UK’s specialist communications subsidiary, Universal Impact’s mission is to enable researchers to communicate their work, in a targeted way, to a wide range of different audiences. Which is why we’re currently working with Prototypes…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Eternity C sinks after it was struck by a Houthi missile on July 8, 2025, on the Red Sea. © 2025 Houthi Media Center/Getty Images (Beirut) – The Houthi armed group in Yemen attacked two commercial cargo vessels in the Red Sea between July 6 and 9, 2025, violations of the laws of war amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The Houthis sunk both ships, killing and injuring several crew members, and appear to be unlawfully detaining six rescued crew members.The Houthis, who have controlled most of Yemen since 2015, sought to justify the…
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By Aimee E. Smith, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Net Zero Observatory, The University of Queensland
Covering the cost of someone else obviously makes a dent in your own bank account. But researchers found it could have some surprising impacts on your happiness.
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