By Marc C-Scott, Associate Professor of Screen Media | Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Victoria University
Apps like Stremio are cheaper and easier to navigate than streaming services. In many ways, they solve the very problems streaming initially promised to fix.
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By Sandra Garrido, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
If you scroll through social media for long enough, you’ll probably find videos claiming that listening to songs tuned to “A 432Hz” can provide an amazing sense of calmness or healing.
It’s even claimed that listening to music tuned to this frequency can align your internal frequencies to those of the universe. It’s an alluring idea – that simply listening to music tuned in a specific way could improve your health.
But does it have any scientific basis?
An ancient idea
Firstly,…
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By Laura Kotevska, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney
The soul and body splitting event of childbirth – and the profound experience of becoming a mother – have been sidelined by philosophy for centuries.
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By Daniel Pastula, Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
Hantavirus cases are usually rare, but the strain in the outbreak is the only one thought to be transmitted from person to person.
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By Sydney Allen
Many of our contributors are on the frontlines of climate change and in a prime position to tell stories of resilience and success that we need to hear most.
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By Steven Gordon, Chief Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
Anti-immigrant marches in several major South African cities (such as Tshwane and Johannesburg) in early May 2026 once again led to questions being asked about xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa.
In the wake of the protests President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to embrace solidarity with their African neighbours. For their part, foreign…
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By John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
With Air Canada and WestJet cutting routes and raising fares, Canadian travellers face a summer of compressed options and rising costs.
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By Tianxi Yang, Assistant Professor, Food Science, University of British Columbia
Ling Guo, PhD Student, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Tzu-Cheng (Ivy) Chiu, Master's Student, Food Science, University of British Columbia
Researchers developed a dual-function biodegradable wash that removes surface pesticide residues and forms a thin protective layer to help fruit stay fresh longer.
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By Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
Julie E. Campbell, PhD in Health Candidate; Data Analyst, Mount Saint Vincent University
Melissa (Misty) Rossiter, Professor of Foods and Nutrition, University of Prince Edward Island
Feeding toddlers can be hard, but research sheds insight into how to help children learn to enjoy a variety of foods and recognize when they are hungry and full.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
In his 1873 book On War, the great Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz wrote that: “War is the realm of uncertainty.” He would have been at home in Washington this week where Clausewitz’s “fog of war” appears to have descended on the White House, at times obscuring reality.
On Tuesday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, briefed reporters that the US plan was to get the Strait of Hormuz “back to the way it was: anyone can use it, no mines in the water, nobody paying tolls”.
This was, of course, the way things were before the war actually started.
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