By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Just like in the modern world, people in ancient times wanted to know how to live a long and healthy life.
Greeks and Romans heard fantastic tales of far-away peoples living to well beyond 100.
Greek essayist Lucian (about 120–180 CE) writes:
Indeed, there are even whole nations that are very long-lived, like the Seres [Chinese],…
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By Elizabeth Vaughan, Rock Art Australia Kimberley Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
Francis Woolagoodja, Dambimangari Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of people who have died.
Much of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) and Indigenous peoples focuses on harms, such as cultural appropriation, cultural flattening and
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By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University
Pia Interlandi, Associate Professor of Creative Practice, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
Brands can imply a product inherits the cultural value of silk – even when the fibre itself is fossil-fuel derived or heavily chemically processed.
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By Warren Mabee, Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important economic chokepoints, and it has just been closed off by the conflict in Iran.
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By Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.
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By Michael J. Armstrong, Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran have triggered a widening regional conflict, drawing in Tehran’s allies and several Arab states while testing missile defences across the Middle East.
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By Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury
Angela Sherwin, PhD Candidate in Nutrition, University of Canterbury
Joseph Boden, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago
Roger Mulder, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Otago
Irritability is one of the most common and distressing problems teenagers and their families face.
Its main symptom is an excessive reaction to negative emotional stimuli, resulting in temper outbursts and severe irritable mood.
While current treatment options such as psychotherapy and medications are helpful for some, they can be inaccessible or poorly…
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By Hugues Plisson, archéologue spécialisé en tracéologie (reconstitution de la fonction des outils préhistoriques par l'analyse de leurs usures), Université de Bordeaux
Andrey I. Krivoshapkin, Permanent researcher at Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Tiny triangular-shaped points from arrowheads found in Uzbekistan shed light on how the first settlement of ‘Homo sapiens’ – our modern human ancestors – came to Europe.
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By Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems, McGill University
Anthropic, a leading AI company, recently refused to sign a Pentagon contract that would allow the United States military “unrestricted access” to its technology for “all lawful purposes.” To sign, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei required two clear exceptions: no mass surveillance of Americans and no fully autonomous weapons without human oversight.
The very next day, the U.S. and Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Iran.
This leaves many wondering: how different would a war with fully autonomous…
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By Tom Harper, Lecturer in International Relations, University of East London
The war in Iran is likely to lead to several issues for China, but it also presents Beijing with opportunities.
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