By Nick Chartres, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney
Lisa Bero, Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Corporations have an incentive to make profits – even if their products hurt or even kill people. Here’s how to stop history repeating.
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By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
Alex Broom, Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
Karen Scott, Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Louise Nash, Associate Professor and Psychiatrist, Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
What’s been described as the largest underpayment class action in Australian legal history has just been settled. Who was allegedly underpaid? Thousands of junior doctors who, subject to court approval, are set to share back-pay of more than a quarter of a million dollars.
Amireh Fakhouri, who brought the claim…
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By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Media, RMIT University
Djoymi Baker, Lecturer in Media and Cinema Studies, RMIT University
“Bluey mania” shows no sign of abating. Bluey’s season finale, The Sign, was the most viewed ABC program of all time on iView.
A “hidden” follow-up episode, aptly named The Surprise, created a storm of headlines around the world, many of which have…
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By Julieanne Lamond, Associate Professor of English, Australian National University
This year’s shortlist doesn’t offer much in the way of consolation, but it might shake up how you see the world.
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By Jacqueline Hendriks, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Curtin University
Despite consistent messaging ‘we all have a role to play’ when it comes to stopping violence against women, actual guidance on what parents should do can be difficult to find.
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By Kamran Mahroof, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford
Emilia Vann Yaroson, Senior Lecturer in Operations Management and Analytics, University of Huddersfield
New import checks on foods arriving from the EU could affect supplies at Britain’s local delis, high-street greengrocers or independent cafes. Worse, they could lead to shortages that affect the very viability of these businesses. So what are these new checks and what does it all mean for consumers in the UK?
Three years ago, the UK departed…
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By Emily Zobel Marshall, Reader in Postcolonial Literature, Leeds Beckett University
James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after finishing. It is the sort of book you need to tell all your friends about – and you know once they have read it, it will fundamentally change them. They can never unlearn what they discover once they’ve walked in James’s footsteps.
James is an incredible re-writing of Mark Twain’s 1884 American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin that tells the story from the perspective of the enslaved Jim.…
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By Helen Wadham, Reader in Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University
Carlos Monterrubio, Researcher and Lecturer in Tourism, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
Kate Dashper, Professor, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University
The extraordinary sight of five horses galloping through London, sweating and covered in blood, caused the hashtag #Apocalypse to trend briefly on social media last week.
Colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians, the military horses had been taking part in an exercise in the capital when they were spooked by noisy building works nearby. And while not exactly…
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By Karl Pike, Lecturer in British Politics/Public Policy, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Even though Keir Starmer is more comfortable being associated with the leaders of the last Labour government than Jeremy Corbyn or Ed Miliband, this is not a return to the past.
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By Christina von Roemeling, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
John Ligon, Assistant Professor of Hematology, University of Florida
Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.
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