By Paul Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
Jordi McKenzie, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
This research suggests people may not be as bothered by the use of AI in filmmaking as you might expect.
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By Fiona MacDonald, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia
Jeanette Ashe, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's College London
The Liberals helmed by Mark Carney have felled yet another Conservative opponent amid continuing threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to make Canada a 51st American state.
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By Katerina Sviderska, PhD Candidate in Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge
Leandre Benoit, PhD Candidate in Politics, University of Oxford
From defence to trade and climate, Canada and the European Union share deep economic and strategic ties. What does Mark Carney’s victory mean for Canada-EU relationship?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake on March 28, in Naypydaw, Myanmar, April 7, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s years of unlawful attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers have severely hindered the emergency response to the devastating earthquake on March 28, 2025, Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights said today. A month after the earthquake, the junta has continued to obstruct access to lifesaving services in opposition-held areas and during military operations.The…
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By Amnesty International
The Trump administration’s anti-rights campaign is turbocharging harmful trends already present, gutting international human rights protections and endangering billions across the planet, Amnesty International warned today upon launching its annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights. This “Trump effect” has compounded the damage done by other world leaders throughout 2024, eating away at […] The post Amnesty International warns of global human rights crisis as ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Isaac Odoom, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Carleton University
Canada’s recent launch of a new Africa Strategy comes at a moment of profound geopolitical change and growing shifts in global development co-operation.
As the western-led order and development model faces increasing scrutiny, countries like China are expanding their reach in Africa by linking development co-operation with commercial…
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By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
Timmons Erickson, Visting Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Tony Prave, Emeritus Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology.
This impact now aligns with some of Earth’s earliest known, land based, non-marine microbial fossils, and offers new insights into how meteorite strikes may have shaped our planet’s environment and life.
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By Nicole Gillespie, Professor of Management; Chair in Trust, Melbourne Business School
Steven Lockey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Business School
Research finds concerning numbers of workers are using public AI tools in inappropriate ways, undermining work quality and increasing risks.
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By Ming Gao, Research Scholar of East Asia Studies, Lund University
The breakdown of relations between China and the US has prompted Beijing to shore up existing friendships, and seek new ones.
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By Nadia Maalin, Lecturer in Psychology, Birmingham City University
The latest viral wellness trends – “cortisol belly” and “cortisol face” – promise a calmer, leaner, more radiant you … if you can just lower your stress hormones. With attention-grabbing claims like “You don’t have a belly fat problem. You have a cortisol problem,” creators promote 30-day transformations that supposedly shrink waistlines and slim faces by targeting cortisol.
These posts often feature hashtags like #cortisolreset, #hormonehealth, and #nervoussystemregulation, along with before-and-after photos claiming reduced bloating, flatter stomachs, and tighter jawlines. The secret?…
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