By Paul Harrison, Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
You may have seen them around town or in the news. Bumper stickers on Teslas broadcasting to anyone who looks: “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy.”
You might assume it’s there to prevent someone from keying the car or as an attempt to defuse potential hostility in a hyper-politicised landscape. But while it may signal disapproval to like-minded passersby, a sticker is unlikely to dissuade someone already intent on committing a crime…
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By Kathleen Garland, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Alistair Evans, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size – from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle.
We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is underpinned by a hidden mathematical rule that governs the growth and shape of beaks in nearly all living birds.
What’s more, this rule even describes beak shape in the long-gone ancestors of birds – the dinosaurs. We are excited to share our findings, now published in the journal iScience.
By studying…
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By UntoldMag
While the world debates bombs and sanctions, Iran is quietly running out of water — its land cracked, lakes vanished, and millions forced into climate migration.
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By Ivona Hideg, Associate Professor and Ann Brown Chair in Organization Studies, York University, Canada
Tanja Hentschel, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
Winny Shen, Associate Professor of Organization Studies, York University, Canada
Although women have long been stereotyped as being “too emotional” for leadership roles, new research suggests it’s actually men who are more likely to let emotions drive their behaviour.
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By Jennie Pearson, PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, University of British Columbia
Andrea Krüsi, Assistant Professor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Melody Wise, Master's Candidate, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia
In Vancouver, converging municipal development agendas and unstable nonprofit funding frameworks have led to the closure of essential services for sex workers.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A Dutton government would introduce new laws to disrupt organised crime and spend $355 million on a strike team to fight the illicit drug trade.
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By Jonathan Simone, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, Brock University
150 years ago, the world agreed to a shared language of measurement. It still holds us together, even when everything else seems to pull us apart.
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By Jamie Levin, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University
Youngwon Cho, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University
Once protected by its nuclear umbrella, America’s closest allies are now threatened by it and contemplating their own nuclear weapons.
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By Ramna Saeed
Faced with economic instability, political turmoil, and growing unemployment, more and more Pakistani youth are turning to human traffickers to escape the country. Many end up losing their lives.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
With less than two weeks to go now until the federal election, the polls continue to favour the government being returned.
Newspoll was steady at 52–48 to Labor, but primary vote changes indicated a gain for Labor as both leaders dropped on net approval. A Redbridge marginal seats poll had Labor gaining two points since the previous week for a 54.5–45.5 lead, a 3.5-point swing to Labor in those seats since the 2022 election.
A national Newspoll,…
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