By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD, Political Science, Western University
Polymarket, a U.S.-based prediction-market website, is taking wagers on who will be London, Ont.’s next mayor. There are also markets for Toronto, Windsor and even Stratford.
The past two years have seen commercial prediction markets move from a niche forecasting tool into mainstream finance, allowing users to buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of real-world events ranging from elections to economic indicators.
A 2024…
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
When the federal government released its final budget figures for 2025–26 this week, it prompted a flurry of front-page articles in the conservative press arguing for lower taxes.
The budget figures showed tax revenue in 2025–26 was equivalent to 24.1% of the economy, above the May budget forecast of 23.6%.
Whether we pay too much…
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By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
Henry Fraser, Law Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Kathryn Backholer, Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
Big AI companies may already know much more about you than you’re comfortable with, even if you’ve never used their services.
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By Bethany Kiss, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Jacinta Humphrey, Senior Research Fellow in Urban Ecology, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Bekessy, Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
Birds are ingenious when it comes to foraging for nest materials, but in the Anthropocene, this often comes at a cost. Giving them better options is one solution.
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By Sascha Morrell, Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
The rebellious teen narrating J.D. Salinger’s classic novel of arrested development still speaks to us. But should we be listening?
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By Sarah Hellewell, Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
Are you logical, detail-oriented or good with numbers? You must be “left-brained”.
Creative, artistic and intuitive? You must be “right-brained”.
Personality quizzes and career advice passed down through generations have many of us thinking we’re powered by one side of our brain that dominates our thinking style and explains our personality.
But is this the truth or fiction? And how did this idea come about?
To find out, we need to go back more than 150 years.
Back to the 19th century
The science behind this idea goes all the…
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By Vaeno Wayne Vigulu, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Solomon Islands National University
Richard Levy, General Manager Atmosphere and Climate, Earth Sciences New Zealand
Tim Naish, Professor in Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Pacific leaders are seeking support for regional climate-finance options that give communities better access and stronger input into global decision making.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Seleka forces patrol a street of Bangui, Central African Republic, March 28, 2013. © 2013 SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images In November 2013, I went to Bangui and met Michel Djotodia, then the Central African Republic’s self-proclaimed interim president. He had taken over the country as the head of a rebel coalition called the Seleka. He received me in a run-down military camp on a hill overlooking the capital, in a darkened office watched over by security cameras and guarded by ragtag soldiers.I had the uncomfortable task of handing the “president” our…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image North Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Son Gyong addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 28, 2026. © 2026 Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong, in his September 28 address to the United Nations General Assembly, asserted that the country’s status as a permanent nuclear state is “uncompromisingly and permanently fixed, both physically and legally.” This was an unmistakable reference to a March constitutional amendment that codified the centrality of North Korea’s…
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the trial of human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on 6 October in Rhodes on charges relating to their work in support of refugees and migrants Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said: “The criminal charges against Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen are a gross misuse of anti-smuggling legislation […] The post Greece: Human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on trial for their work supporting refugees and migrants appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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