By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
With the start of another high school football season around the corner, a long-simmering dispute has heated up: prayers at games.
Kennedy v. Bremerton, the case of a high school football coach praying on the field after games, has been in the spotlight since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling. But another football controversy first emerged in 2015, when two Christian schools in Florida made it to the state championships. The games were run by the…
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By Ross Channing Reed, Lecturer in Philosophy, Missouri University of Science and Technology
A philosopher argues that true leisure is when we can reflect on our real priorities, cultivate friendships and decide what kind of life we want to live.
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By Alan Jenn, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
The American public agrees that vehicle emissions are harmful and should be regulated, and has indicated strong preferences for cars that pollute less.
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By Lee Rafuse Haines, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medical Entomology, University of Notre Dame
Studies have linked ticks on 6 continents to alpha-gal syndrome and its unusual symptoms. An entomologist explains what this frustrating illness is.
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By Robert Hoffmann, Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
After years of warnings of a recruitment crisis in defence, new data show its suddenly risen by 17%. There’s a combination of reasons why.
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By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
Runners tend to have thicker cartilage in their knees – which cushions and protects the joint – compared to non-runners.
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By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide
Nathan Howard Gray, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide
Last week, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order updating the “reciprocal” tariff rates that had been paused since April.
Nearly all US trading partners are now staring down tariffs of between 10% and 50%.
After a range of baseline…
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By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University
The Australia-Japan relationship has evolved rapidly in the past decade – and this could be threatened if something doesn’t go right with the deal.
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By Aria Yangfan Huang, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Deakin University
Anna Klas, Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
Clare Walter, Lecturer in Human Sciences and Health Geography, The University of Melbourne
Kate Lycett, Senior Lecturer in Child Health and NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Deakin University
Yichao Wang, Executive Dean Health Research Fellow, Deakin University
When parents leave their cars idling outside schools, pollution levels spike. The solution could be as simple as teaching children how to ask for change.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Afghan returnees cross the border from Iran, on July 3, 2025, in Islam Qala, Afghanistan. © 2025 Elise Blanchard/Getty Images (New York) – The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, by intensifying restrictions on the rights of women and girls, detaining journalists, and silencing all dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghanistan now faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, exacerbated by donor governments’ aid cuts and the return of 1.9 million refugees expelled from Iran and Pakistan. The…
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