By John Gleeson, Professor and Director Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
Sue Cotton, Professor of Psychology, Monash University
The social media ban for under-16s may stem from concern about a very real mental health crisis. But is it missing the point?
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By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
Less than a decade ago, there were about 2,000 operational satellites orbiting Earth. Today there are more than 15,000. Millions more are planned.
Much has been made of the “space junk” problem these satellites create.
But there’s another problem that has received much less attention: the radio noise…
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By Fiona Boylan, Associate Professor, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
“No” may be one of the hardest words for parents to say to a young child.
No, we’re not buying that.
No, you can’t have my phone.
Many parents dread the tears, arguments or tantrums that can follow when a toddler or preschooler is denied something they want.
But what if a being upset is not a sign something has gone wrong?
It’s good to hear no
Big feelings are part of life and part of growing up. Developmental psychology and neuroscience research…
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By Hazel Ellis, PhD Candidate, Centre for Transformative Media Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
Melanie Swalwell, Professor of Digital Media Heritage
When you think of archives, you probably think of dusty old boxes of paper documents, photos, diaries, letters and flyers, filed away in storage. But increasingly, our archival materials are digital, and material from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s are often stored on formats like floppy disks and CD-ROMs.
Aging and outdated technology has rendered decades of data, memories and cultural heritage inaccessible and at risk of being lost. The constant churn of computer hardware and software upgrades means digital content from as little as…
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By Peter Kirkpatrick, Honorary Associate Professor, English and Writing, University of Sydney
Adam Lindsay Gordon was once labelled ‘Poet of Australia’. Though his poetry hasn’t aged well, it still matters for its insights into the colonial mind.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ekrem İmamoğlu in front of the courthouse in Istanbul, Türkiye where he received his official mandate to serve a second five-year term as Istanbul mayor after winning the March 31, 2024 municipal election, April 3, 2024. © 2024 Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images The Turkish authorities are misusing powers of detention and prosecution against opposition politicians in Türkiye to prevent them from participating effectively in elections or political life, the Turkey Litigation Support Project, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said today.The…
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By Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University
Autumn walks in Britain are glorious, as the foliage changes colour and cool crisp air begins to bite. However, some of these European trees hide a much darker secret. For example, the yew tree’s lovely red arils – the cup-shaped coverings around the seeds – carry toxins that may have been used to poison arrow tips in the past.
A new Danish study has shown that the “smoking gun” is not the poison itself, but the size of the small arrowheads used to deliver the toxin into the
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By Emma L. Briant, Visiting Associate Professor at the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, University of Notre Dame
A New Mexico judge’s fine hit Meta for deception about the data privacy violations, not for the harm they caused. A researcher who helped uncover the scandal explains.
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By Lesedi Senamele Matlala, Monitoring & Evaluation Scholar-Practitioner, University of Johannesburg
Community developers make a complicated state easier for citizens to navigate – and community experiences harder for government to overlook.
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By Freddy Ruzhani, PhD Candidate, University of Fort Hare
Abbyssinia Mushunje, Professor, University of Fort Hare
In rural development, the conventional wisdom has for decades been simple: households are better off when they have more than one way of making a living. Diversify, spread your risk, and you’ll be more resilient.
Our research in north-eastern Zimbabwe suggests this is only half true, and that beyond a certain point, adding more income-generating activities can actually make households poorer. The goal for policymakers should therefore be to support and enable households to diversify…
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