By Emily Rowe, Lecturer in Early Modern Literature, King's College London
The show’s satire of super-wealth is framed through many of Sheakeapre’s great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Some of the leading brains behind generative AI have warned about the risk of artificial superintelligence wiping out humanity, if left unchecked.
But what if the influence of AI on humans is much more mundane, influencing our evolution over thousands of years through natural selection?
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast we talk to evolutionary…
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By Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University
From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made headlines for ambitious efforts to bring back long-lost animals using cutting edge genetic engineering.
It recently announced the birth of pups with key traits of dire wolves, an iconic predator last seen roaming North America more than 10,000 years ago. This followed…
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By Human Rights Watch
This week, it was reported that the United States National Park Service had begun scrubbing information from its exhibits about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad; one of the most significant stories of resistance against chattel slavery in the United States. The move would have destroyed knowledge about how oppressed people in the United States have successfully fought for freedom. While the Park Service walked back the revisions after public outcry, it’s just one example of the Trump administration’s campaign to curtail understanding of racism’s legacy in the United States.…
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By James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
Robert Waschik, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
The losses under Trump’s original tariff plan would have been significant. But even after the latest policy U-turn, the costs to the US will still be high.
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By Douglas Yates, Professor of Political Science , American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
Whoever wins the upcoming presidential election, Gabon’s people will see a new government run by members of the former one.
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By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
Successive governments have reviewed the deal to lease the port to a Chinese company and found no cause for concern. Both major parties have made a sudden about-face.
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By Alessandro Ghio, Research professor in Accounting, ESCP Business School
In March 2025, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a leading accreditation body, revised its guiding principles. This included removing the phrase “diversity and inclusion” from its accreditation standards and replacing it with the more neutral “community and connectedness”. The decision emerged amid a shifting legal and political climate in the United States, following a wave of executive orders and legislative efforts aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across public institutions.
For years, diversity and inclusion…
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By Amnesty International
The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at risk, Amnesty International said today. After a decade of a devastating conflict, Yemen continues to face one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Aid workers […] The post Yemen: US abrupt and irresponsible aid cuts compound humanitarian crisis and put millions at risk appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Derya Iner, Associate Professor, Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
Global tensions have put pressure on universities to adopt politicised definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Dehumanisation is a more inclusive alternative.
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