By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW Sydney
The destruction of war graves in Gaza has rightly received global attention. But this isn’t the first time Commonwealth war dead have been dragged into conflicts.
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By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University
Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law (Health Law), Deakin University
It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating pornography. This was true of the printing press, photography, and the earliest days of the internet. It’s also true of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Face-swapping tech has been around
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By Mark Lawrence, Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Christina Mary Pollard, Professor of Public Health Priorities, Curtin University
In Australia, food labels can be hard to understand, let alone verify. So do we need an overhaul of our current health star rating system?
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By Naoise McDonagh, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
When the US invited more than 50 countries to discuss a new club to share critical minerals, China was not invited. Will Australia be forced to pick a side?
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By Katie Barclay, ARC Future Fellow and Professor in History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
You’ve booked the restaurant, chosen the outfit, and selected a romantic spot for the perfect nightcap. But have you planned the kiss?
I’m a historian and author of The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power. As the annual festival of love descends, European history has some tips for those getting ready to pucker their lips.
Open mouth to exchange breath
Medieval Christians valued the kiss as a symbol of unification, smooching…
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By Meg Brayshaw, John Rowe Lecturer in Australian Literature, University of Sydney
Mining has driven Australia’s prosperity and way of life. It’s also environmentally and socially destructive. Our mining crime novels explore this tension.
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By Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
Howard Frumkin, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
Jonathan Patz, Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vijay Limaye, Adjunct Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026. It moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a formal determination that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger public health…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Midwife Celena Brown of Commonsense Childbirth in Florida, examines a patient during a pregnancy checkup in Winter Garden, Florida, US, June 25, 2024. © 2024 Laura Ungar/AP Photo Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescinded its 2009 endangerment finding: a drastic move even in the context of the Trump administration’s larger deregulatory and anti-climate agenda. Impacts on climate action and communities threaten to be extremely broad but also pose particular threats to increasingly beleaguered reproductive rights.Because it is…
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By Mathieu Lajante, Associate Professor in Marketing, Toronto Metropolitan University
Sameh Al Natour, Associate Professor, Director, Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Dating apps reshape human connection, love, choice and intimacy into market transactions designed to maximize profit rather than build relationships.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Daniel Cueto-Villalobos speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of people in Minneapolis coming together to protect their neighbours.
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