By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since the author’s birth.…
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By Adrienne Marshall, Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Ski season is here, but while the eastern half of the U.S. digs out from wintery storms, the western U.S. snow season has been off to a very slow start.
The snowpack was far below normal across most of the West on Dec. 1, 2025. Denver didn’t see its first measurable snowfall until Nov. 29 – more than a month past normal, and one of its latest…
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By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Australia’s regulator has issued warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts and lower effectiveness of contraceptives in those taking Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Y Quynh Bdăp. © Private (Bangkok) – Thai authorities forcibly returned to Vietnam the prominent Montagnard human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap, putting him at risk of torture and other serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities extradited Bdap, 33, on November 28, 2025, two days after Thailand’s Court of Appeal upheld a criminal court’s 2024 ruling that he could be sent back to Vietnam. Thai immigration police initially arrested Bdap on immigration charges in Bangkok in 2024, after Vietnamese authorities requested his extradition. Bdap had…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Flowers offered for the victims near the site of the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, December 1, 2025. ©2025 AP Photo/Chan Long Hei (Bangkok) – The Hong Kong government should ensure a transparent investigation and accountability for wrongful acts linked to the residential fire that killed at least 151 people and injured 79, Human Rights Watch said today.On November 26, 2025, a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a housing complex under maintenance. The government’s preliminary investigations found…
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By Courtney Addison, Senior Lecturer, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Adding feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 hit-list may be justified – but it also forces us to confront uncomfortable questions about animal welfare.
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By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
There are different rules in different states on selling scrap copper. A 2023 inquiry found that makes it hard to stop thieves – who are even targeting cemeteries.
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By Philip Zylstra, Research Associate, University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University
David Lindenmayer, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
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By Paul Kidson, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
Last week, police confirmed four students at Victorian boarding school Ballarat Grammar had been cautioned over a series of “strappings” of younger students. This followed other allegations of hazings and abuse at the school, which emerged earlier this year. Some of these dated back decades.
Last month, the Victorian…
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By Jake Goldenfein, Senior Lecturer, Law and Technology, The University of Melbourne
Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Kimberlee Weatherall, Professor of Law, University of Sydney
Today, the Albanese Labor government released the long-awaited National AI Plan, “a whole-of-government framework that ensures technology works for people, not the other way around”.
With this plan, the government promises an inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) economy that protects workers, fills service gaps, and supports local AI development.
In a major reversal, it also confirms Australia won’t implement mandatory…
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