By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Ian Jamie, Senior Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan, Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW Sydney; University of Sydney
Will vitamin C supplements do you any good and help with these conditions? Here’s what the evidence says – and what to look out for.
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By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Gabriel Sherman, author of the latest and shortest Murdoch biography, is an outstanding journalist. But does he have something new to say about the media mogul?
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By Zachary Aman, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia
As the US–Israel war on Iran escalates, so too does the global oil crisis.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas flows, and the targeting of oil production facilities in the Middle East have lifted the oil price by 34%.
The price of Brent crude –…
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By Charlotte Setijadi, Lecturer in Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
Framing returnees as potential criminals is politically convenient but counterproductive. It leads to victims being reluctant to go to authorities to ask for help.
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By Imogen Wegman, Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania
Annaliese Claydon, Adjunct Researcher, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
Kate Bagnall, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania
Early Chinese communities might seem to have left little tangible trace. But such an absence does not necessarily mean the absence of a Chinese history.
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By Anna Raymaker, Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing and other cyberattacks. The stakes are high and mariners are ill-prepared.
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By Emmalee Ford, Adjunct Lecturer, Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Sydney
Tessa Copp, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Have you ever heard two or more women say they’re on the same cycle?
This is a common claim among women who live together, for example in a family or as housemates.
This idea that people menstruate, or have their period, at the same time is known as “menstrual synchrony”. If their menstrual periods happen to regularly align, they might describe themselves as being “in sync”.
But is menstrual synchrony possible, according to science? Let’s unpack the evidence.
The ‘menstrual synchrony’ myth
The term “menstrual synchrony” is difficult…
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By Danaë Anderson, Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Jeremy Morrow, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology
One survey showed employees are 57% less likely than leaders to believe performance management is working well. But there are better ways.
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By Forus
What connects a pad box in a Nigerian school, a coalition meeting in Pakistan, and a digital security workshop in Paraguay? They each address a structural barrier that limits women’s participation.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman exits the Constitutional Court building, in Quito, Ecuador, February 7, 2024. © 2024 Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo (Washington, DC, March 12, 2026) – Ecuador’s Constitutional Court’s ruling, made public on March 10, 2026, that people under 18 cannot automatically be refused a request to modify their gender on identity documents is an important victory for the rights of transgender youth, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling affirms that constitutional protection cannot rest on rigid assumptions about age while ignoring adolescents’ lived realities, evolving…
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