By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”.
The company says a Chinese government–sponsored hacking group used Anthropic’s own Claude AI tool to automate a significant part of an effort to steal sensitive information from around 30 organisations.
The report has drawn a lot of attention. Some, including
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By Fábio Zuker, Doutor em antropologia social e pesquisador, Instituto Pensi/Fundação José Luiz Setúbal (FJLS)
A study argues that the use of glyphosate produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems and ways of life. This violence forces riverside communities to leave and makes way for soya to advance.
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By Cristiana Bertazoni, Pesquisadora do Departamento de Antropologia das Américas, University of Bonn
Tim Wegenast, Senior researcher (Development Studies), University of Konstanz
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. Belem offers a historic opportunity to make this climate conference an “indigenous COP”.
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By Carolyn Ee, Senior Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
Amanda Vincent, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor and Endocrinologist, Monash University
Women can go into menopause after cancer treatment or surgery. The timing and severity of symptoms can differ from natural menopause.
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By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland
A former airline pilot turned safety researcher explains the shocking lack of real-world testing to keep women safe in the air and on our roads.
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By James Gardiner, Research Associate, Western Sydney University
Lizzie Maughan, Research Assistant, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia
Federal laws allow religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people. New research shows religious and sexuality diverse teens fall through the cracks.
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By Caitlin Macdonald, Doctor of Philosophy (English) / PhD graduate / Researcher, University of Sydney
Pip Finkemeyer’s tech world novel, One Story, is interested in power and performance. It reveals how violence can hide behind language – and the performance of care.
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By Hillary Chanda, Lecturer and PhD candidate: Energy & Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of Reading
In rural Zambia, solar power has brightened lives, but communities living next to forests can only pay for it by cutting down trees, putting forests at risk.
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By Ruari Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries & Chief Investigator at QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology
The pope shared his four favorite films, and spoke to Hollywood heavyweights about why cinemagoing matters so much in the world today.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A billboard of the chairman of the Myanmar military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party ahead of the start of the campaign period for the junta’s elections in Yangon, October 27, 2025. © 2025 STR/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta’s plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the February 2021 military coup, the junta has systematically dismantled the rule of law and the country’s nascent…
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