By Isabelle Ng, PhD candidate, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
Alexandre Siqueira, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s not always the case.
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By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
Joshua McLeod, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
The ability for players to switch clubs is becoming easier, which can be seen as a good or bad thing, depending on which side of the fence you sit.
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By Nurbek Bekmurzaev
China’s investments in renewables in Kazakhstan allow Chinese companies to export their excess capacities to profitable foreign markets but also help China mask its environmental damage and create a favorable perception abroad.
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By Charles Kemp, Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Ekaterina Vylomova, Lecturer, Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Temuulen Khishigsuren, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne
Terry Regier, Professor, Language and Cognition Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Can you guess which languages score the highest for terms relating to ‘love’, ‘death’, ‘canoe’ or ‘sheep’? We made a tool to help you explore our extensive dataset.
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By Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
The high court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego García, to the United States.
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By Luke Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
Richard Flanagan’s novel is about to hit screens. How do its depictions of heroism and valour land in 2025? And were the raves right – or the pans?
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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
Amid global turmoil and with two weeks of the election campaign done, Labor is enjoying a bump in the polls.
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By John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables − and it has many in the West feeling a little jittery.
The development, first…
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By Adam Kepecs, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis
A cruel consequence of advanced cancer is the profound apathy many patients experience as they lose interest in once-cherished activities. This symptom is part of a syndrome called cachexia, which affects about 80% of late-stage cancer patients, leading to severe muscle wasting and weight loss that leave patients bone thin despite adequate nutrition.
This loss of motivation doesn’t just deepen patients’ suffering, it isolates them from family and friends. Because patients
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By Jack Brand, Researcher in Behavioural and Movement Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Michael Bertram, Assistant Professor in Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Guest Researcher, Stockholm University
“Out of sight, out of mind” is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety medications to antibiotics, don’t simply vanish after leaving our bodies. Many are not fully removed by wastewater treatment systems and end up in rivers, lakes and streams, where they can linger and affect wildlife in unexpected ways.
In our new study, we investigated how a sedative called clobazam, commonly prescribed for sleep and anxiety disorders, influences the migration of juvenile…
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