By Peter Howson, Assistant Professor in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Bitcoin has long been promised to function as money. In practice, it rarely does.
While 99% of transactions are still speculative trading, for as long as bitcoin has been a thing it has been used to skirt governments’ economic controls. Cryptocurrencies are particularly attractive for countries…
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By Claire Cunnington, Research associate, University of Sheffield
Caroline Derry, Senior Lecturer in Law, The Open University
MPs were forced to respond, passing legislation which raised the age at which girls could consent to sexual intercourse from 13 to 16.
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By Michael Amess, Assistant Professor of Secondary Teacher Education, University of Birmingham
Ailish Kate Brassil, PhD Candidate, University College Cork
Andrew McInnes, Reader in Romanticisms, Edge Hill University
Carrie Paechter, Professor of Childhood, Youth and Family Life, Nottingham Trent University
Joanne Bowser-Angermann, Deputy Head of School for Education, Anglia Ruskin University
Karen Sands-OConnor, Visiting Professor of Education, University of Sheffield; Newcastle University
Roberta Garrett, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, University of East London
Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
Awkwardness and acne are the first things that spring to mind when thinking of adolescence, but they’re not always the full picture. We asked eight of our experts to tell us which book they feel best represents the experience of being a teenager.
1. Natives by Akala
In this biographical polemic, Natives, Akala captures the experience of being a teenager as a time when young people begin to recognise the social injustices shaping the worlds they inhabit.
Akala reflects on his teenage…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
The potential for dangerous escalation has increased with the US decision to pursue any ships anywhere in the world they think may be helping Iran evade sanctions.
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By Álex Aguilar, Profesor de Biología Animal, Universitat de Barcelona
The whaling industry was wildly profitable, and decimated whale populations around the world until it was banned in the 1980s.
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By Melanie O'Brien, Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia
A bail judge has ruled there are ‘exceptional circumstances’ in the Ben Roberts-Smith case and granted the accused war criminal bail.
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By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
Gallipoli was a hastily launched military campaign over a maritime choke point – and has parallels with the Strait of Hormuz.
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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
Applying 2025 election preference flows would give Labor below a 51–49 lead over the Coalition, their worst result since their re-election in 2025.
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By Rebekah Moles, Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
Jack Collins, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
Each Australian state and territory has different rules around when, how and where you can access contraception. Two researchers unpack the details.
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By Irma Garnesia
The relationship between governments and digital platforms is never simple. Governments can introduce regulations, but digital platforms also possess enormous power through the technologies, algorithms, and global information infrastructure they control.
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