By Gracia Abad Quintanal, Profesora Agregada de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nebrija
In recent years, rare earth elements have become the focal point of renewed competition between the world’s major powers. These materials are crucial to the manufacture of all manner of products, ranging from weapons to medical products, AI hardware and cars.
In this new panorama, the United States and Europe are at a disadvantage, as China controls as much as 90% of the global trade in rare earths. This is largely because it has been quietly but continuously promoting the extraction and refining of these…
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By Melanie Baak, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia
Claire Moran, Research Associate in Digital Sociology, University of South Australia; Monash University
In new research, young African Australians speak about how they get vital information about their culture and identity on social media.
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By Beth Driscoll, Associate Professor in Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Print books embody culture. We see it in social media trends for annotating books, community publishing and wartime destruction of books spanning the Nazis to Gaza.
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By Paul Harrison, Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
In a wave of new ads, brands like Heineken, Polaroid and Cadbury have started hating on artificial intelligence (AI), celebrating their work as “human-made”.
But in these advertising campaigns on TV, billboards on New York streets and on social media, the companies are signalling something larger.
Even Apple’s new series release, Pluribus, includes the phrase “Made by Humans”…
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By Nadeem O. Kaakoush, Scientia Associate Professor, Host-Microbiome Interactions Group, UNSW Sydney
The microbes in your poo could be a gift to others. Here’s what to think about if you’re interested in donating your poo.
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By Joslyn Brenton, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College
Alyssa Tindall, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Ursinus College
Senbagam Virudachalam, General Pediatrician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Research Institute; University of Pennsylvania
The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits had to find other ways to stock their cupboards.
When asked how she felt about her benefits being suspended, one woman…
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By Christina Hymer, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Tennessee
A survey of 849 professional Santas found that one-third of them don’t match the usual image of a roly-poly bearded white man.
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By Amnesty International
The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the repeated abductions of school children and teachers in several parts of northern Nigeria is putting the education of a generation of children at risk, said Amnesty International, following the indefinite closure of 20,468 schools across seven states in the wake of last week’s mass abduction in Niger […] The post Nigeria: Generation of children at risk of missing out on education in the north appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to reports that a draft US-backed peace plan to end Russia’s ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine is under intense discussion, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “The news that comes out of Ukraine every day is of constant tragedy and suffering for its people. Yet, the Ukrainian people continued to display courage and […] The post Ukraine: Peace plan must not compromise on justice or accountability appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Emma Lewis
Cliff recorded over 30 albums in total, but his popularity skyrocketed after the low-budget Jamaican drama “The Harder They Come,” released in 1972, put him on the map as a cultural powerhouse.
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