By Upama Aich, Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, The University of Western Australia
MIchael Jennions, Emeritus Professor, Evolutionary Biology, Australian National University
“Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle.
Compared to other great apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, the human penis is longer and thicker than expected for a primate of our size.
If the primary role of a penis is simply to transfer sperm, why is the human penis so much larger than those of our closest relatives?
Our new study, published today in PLOS Biology, reveals a larger penis in humans serves…
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By Julian Murphet, Jury Professor of English and Language and Literature, Adelaide University
Infinite Jest is a kind of geological cross-section of a writer and a literary culture at a moment of major upheaval.
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By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago
Olena Onishchenko, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago
Tokenisation works by converting real assets into tradeable digital tokens. But New Zealand’s regulatory uncertainty risks investment billions migrating offshore.
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By Andrew Woods, Lecturer, Nursing, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
You don’t need any special hacks – but taking a few simple precautions can save you from pain or an infection.
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By Peace News
Between 1970 and 2020, the country experienced at least 40 major climate shocks, with drought affecting around 400,000 people each year and reducing crop revenues by US$9.5 million annually, according to the World Bank.
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the start of the trial of 19 activists from the Kazakhstani human rights group Atajurt, who are being prosecuted for taking part in a peaceful protest calling for the release of a detained Kazakhstani citizen in China, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Kazakhstani authorities must urgently […] The post Kazakhstan: Drop charges against Atajurt activists facing up to 10 years in prison for peaceful protest appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Janice Mak, Assistant Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
The current landscape of AI use in K-12 schools is highly varied because there’s little specific policy guidance from the state and federal levels.
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By Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
The Trump administration’s move to withdraw the US from these organizations risks undercutting lasting peace and global human rights accountability.
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By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
Renee Good’s death was the consequence, writes a First Amendment scholar, of a kind of politics in which the state survives by making dissenters illegitimate as citizens.
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By David Lindsey, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY
Ambassadors play a middle role between the countries where they serve and the one they represent. Trump insists their loyalty must be to the US.
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