By Amy Dawel, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University
Eric Mah, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria
Jim Tanaka, Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria
Tanya George, Research Assistant, Australian National University
Deepfake faces generated via artificial intelligence (AI) have become so realistic that they routinely fool people, with some research suggesting there may be US$40 billion worth of deepfake-related fraud annually by 2027.
Not only do most people struggle to spot AI faces, but as long ago as 2023 we discovered some AI faces are “hyperreal” – they look more real…
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By Erin Leif, Associate Professor, School of Educational Psychology and Inclusion, Monash University
Teenagers testing boundaries is often seen as being due to defiance, bad judgement, or bad parenting. There are more effective ways to improve behaviour in schools.
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By Nicolette Little, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Media and Technology Studies, University of Alberta
The language used in response to gender-based violence erases who’s doing the harm and who’s experiencing it, making it harder to report on and easier to excuse.
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By Paul Giles, Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
East of Eden offers a melodramatic conflict between good and evil, but more remarkable is its sense of human relations evolving, shaped by destiny and choice.
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By Vito Butardo Jr, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology
Rice is life for billions of people. But this grain crop depends heavily on irrigation – and the looming El Niño is likely to bring dry conditions.
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By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland
Connor Goddard, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University
The Doctor and the Tardis are currently trapped in limbo. The world’s longest running sci-fi series is in its most uncertain state in 20 years. The BBC have cancelled the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special and put production of a new series out for tender.
This follows a series of departures.
Showrunner Russell T. Davies – who oversaw Doctor Who’s triumphant return to television in 2005 after the 1989 cancellation – will be retiring from the series.
Production company
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By Elizabeth C. Tippett, Professor of Law, University of Oregon
The court’s narrow opinion backing Fed governor Lisa Cook against Trump referenced the Fed’s vital role in steering the US economy.
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By Kelly Gourdji, Radio Astronomy Research Scientist, CSIRO
Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in a way that we can detect on Earth.
We can then use these ripples to measure one of the universe’s most fundamental but elusive properties – how fast it is expanding.…
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Monday, June 29, 2026
Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries continue to launch long-range drone strikes.
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By Vanora Hundley, Professor of Midwifery, Bournemouth University
Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health, University of Stirling
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust report has identified serious failings in care at one of England’s largest maternity services, with lessons for maternity units nationally. Among its findings was a repeated problem at the very start of labour: women and families struggled to access timely assessment and felt dismissed during telephone triage.
In several cases, women were…
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