By James K. Rowe, Associate Professor of Political Ecology, University of Victoria
While those around Donald Trump are trying to spin the latest alleged attempt on his life as more evidence of his super humanity, the U.S. president is looking more mortal by the day.
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By Sora Park, Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
Janet Fulton, Research Fellow, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
Momoko Fujita, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media, University of Canberra
Saffron Howden, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
If you suffer from information overload, or are unsure what to trust online, you’re not alone. Australians are increasingly disengaging from traditional news, turning instead to social media, influencers and – more recently – generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and summaries.
It’s a murky, polluted world where opaque algorithms decide what you see. They’re known to have…
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By Aidan Baron, Adjunct Senior Lecturer Paramedicine, University of Tasmania; University of Notre Dame Australia; Kingston University
The Bondi Beach terror attack was unique. A doctor and paramedic who researches disasters and co-ordinated volunteers on the day explains why.
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By Caroline Swee Lin Tan, Associate Professor in Fashion Entrepreneurship, RMIT University
Saniyat Islam, Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
Fashion brands promise sustainability. But a formal investigation into Lululemon reveals a deeper problem: green claims that no one is required to prove.
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By Simon Copland, Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
When you break the first rule of Fight Club, you find warring takes. While Chuck Palahniuk wrote it as satire, some take its narrator far too seriously.
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By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
Pope Leo’s papacy is still a work in progress, but the American-born pontiff has so far emphasised unity in a fractured church – and world.
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By Hassan Al Razi, PhD Student, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Chimps build a new nest every night – but how they choose what to build and where is surprisingly complicated.
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By James K. Rowe, Associate Professor of Political Ecology, University of Victoria
While those around Donald Trump are trying to spin the latest alleged attempt on his life as more evidence of his super humanity, the U.S. president is looking more mortal by the day.
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By Christy Zhou Koval, Professor, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
Susie Lee, Assistant Professor, International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Yonghoon Lee, Yonghoon Lee Associate Professor with Tenure and Gina and Anthony Bahr ’91 Professorship in Business, Texas A&M University
You’ve heard of the glass ceiling. New research has identified another barrier: the glass wall, which punishes women for the kind of lateral career moves that boost men’s prospects.
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By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
In the microbudget horror comedy The Weed Eaters, a group of bumbling townies get high on someone else’s supply with grisly and ridiculous consequences.
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