By Natalie Sheard, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
This week, the Victorian government announced it will act to protect workers from “inappropriate and unfair uses” of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. This will include introducing new laws to ensure AI hiring decisions are “free from bias or discrimination”.
The state government also plans to target “intrusive” workplace surveillance, which will include giving workers a right to know if they are being monitored, and requiring a human to have “final say” in any “significant…
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By Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has been a key player in the current wave of consumer artificial intelligence (AI) flooding the world. But so far it has all been software behind a screen.
Last week, that began to change: the tech giant released its first branded hardware. At the same time, it was sued by Apple – legendary for its hardware nous seen in devices such as iPhone and MacBooks – over alleged industrial espionage.
In response, an OpenAI spokesperson…
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By Harris Anderson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal, CSIRO
Andrew Lenton, Research Lead, Carbon Dioxide Removal, CSIRO
Mathieu Mongin, Research scientist, CSIRO
As the planet warms, countries around the world are racing to meet their net zero targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
To achieve this, we must collectively curb our net greenhouse gas emissions. These gases – the largest contributor being carbon dioxide (CO₂) – act as a cosmic blanket by trapping…
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By Katherine Johnson, Adjunct Researcher in Humanities, University of Tasmania
In a time of eco-grief, rewilding projects around the world – from reseeding giant kelp to letting farms return to their natural state – offer hope.
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By Steven Leach, Senior Lecturer, Medicine & Health, UNSW
Andrew Day, Professor and Cure Kids Chair of Paediatric Research, University of Otago
Researchers are getting to the bottom of how poo helps newborn babies. It might sound gross, but here’s the science.
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By Donna Pendergast, Professor, Griffith Institute for Educational Research and School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Griffith University
Katherine Main, Senior Lecturer in Education, Griffith University
Many students in years 7 and 8 begin choosing their own electives at school for the first time. These are typically subjects such as technology, arts, languages and music, that are taken alongside core units, including English, maths and science.
The middle years of schooling (typically considered Years 6 to 9) are a crucial period of development, when…
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By Human Rights Watch
It has been 13 days since armed soldiers seized Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy president for the National Unity Platform, Uganda’s main opposition party. He has not been heard from since and the authorities have yet to account for his whereabouts. Click to expand Image Muwanga Kivumbi. © 2021 Ssemmanda will/Wikimedia On July 10, the day after a court released Kivumbi on bail on politically related terrorism charges, armed plainclothes and uniformed soldiers dragged him from his car at a police roadblock on the outskirts of Kampala and drove off with him to an unknown location. A victim…
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN, was elected on Thursday to serve as the next president of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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By Rosa Campbell, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, King's College London
In 1976, a Playboy model turned feminist sex-researcher called Shere Hite did hundreds of television and radio appearances promoting her book, The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality. She went on Good Night America dressed in a high-necked Victorian white silk blouse, huge faux-pearl earrings and matching necklace, her face framed by a cloud of apricot curls.
The host, Geraldo Rivera, grinning under his 1970s handlebar moustache, asked her to summarise her…
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By Hiroshi Mamiya, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
Cities in Canada are creating bike infrastructure to support active and sustainable transportation. But as bike networks expand, some neighbourhoods tend to benefit more than others, and that raises an important question: Who is benefiting from these investments?
In our recent research, we investigated this question by analyzing the evolution of cycling infrastructure in Montréal, Vancouver and Victoria between 2011 and 2021.
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