By Adam Bartley, Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation, RMIT University
Tom Saxton, Research Associate, Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation, RMIT University
In the occupied far east of Ukraine, Russian forces are aiming waves of missiles against Ukrainian civilian targets. Each of Russia’s state-of-the-art missile launch systems costs more than US$100 million (A$150 million). They allow Russia to launch attacks from safe positions many kilometres behind the front lines.
The S-300 surface-to-air missile launcher is designed to avoid detection. Their…
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By Melanie Ashe, PhD Candidate, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Monash University
The Mad Max films are set in an arid, barren, apocalyptic world known in the movies as ‘the wasteland’ – what does this tell us about the Australian environment?
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By Catharine Coleborne, Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
As a child protection worker, psychologist Ariane Beeston had taken babies away from their mothers. Then she had a baby, experiencing bouts of mental illness. Her memoir of this time is sad and brave.
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By Anna DeMello, Research Fellow, University of Otago
Janet Hoek, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
One in five underage adolescents vape occasionally, and nearly 28% of Māori youth vape regularly. Most get their product by sharing and asking older friends to buy vapes for them.
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By Laila Benkrima, Agronomy Consultant, B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation, Simon Fraser University
Global warming poses great challenges to Canada’s wine industry. But in these challenges lie equally great opportunities to build a better, and more sustainable, wine industry.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Marisol Coronado, center, prepares for a zoom call, while her husband and son spend time in the living room of their apartment in Huntington Park on April 19, 2024. © 2024 Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images People in the United States are more reliant than ever on using the internet for all aspects of their lives. But one in six US households may lose internet access by June when current federal funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ends. This puts millions of underserved people in the US, including people of color, older people, and people…
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By Geoff Callaghan, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Windsor
Unless and until student encampments become an unreasonably severe disruption to the enjoyment of university spaces, there is no argument supporting state intervention.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Chinese Communist Party deputy secretary of Gonjo county visits households to persuade them to agree to the proposed relocation of their village, in Sa-ngen, Tibet Autonomous Region, March 2024. © 2024 Gongjue Pioneers (贡觉先锋) WeChat Account The Chinese government is using extreme forms of pressure to coerce Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages.Chinese officials misleadingly claim that relocation will lead to improved employment and higher incomes.The Chinese government should suspend relocations in Tibet and conform with Chinese laws and standards…
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By Zachary Handlos, Atmospheric Science Educator, Georgia Institute of Technology
Vertical wind shear can keep tropical storms in check, particularly during El Niño years. When El Niño is gone, ii’s often not as strong.
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By Philip Ewell, Professor of music theory, Hunter College
Deifying the composer and his work only serves to reinforce America’s white patriarchy at the expense of countless others who were no less great.
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