By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
Danielle Wilson, Research Fellow and Sleep Scientist at the Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast
Nisreen Aouira, Research Program Manager, Let's Yarn About Sleep, Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast
Some people are naturally better at recalling their dreams. Others worry they’re not getting quality sleep if they can’t remember their dreams. Here’s the science.
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By Liam Burke, Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
Paramount’s A$156 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discover benefits Donald Trump, Netflix and some of the richest men in Hollywood. That’s about it.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The late Sisay Luangmonda (widely known by his social media name Bao Mor Khaen). © Private (Bangkok) – Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.On February 20, 2026, the body of Sisay Luangmonda, widely known by his social media name Bao Mor Khaen, 32, was found on a roadside in Hadxayfong district, outside the capital, Vientiane, four days after his family reported to local authorities that he was missing. The…
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By Johan Lidberg, Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
Alicia McMillan, Head of Journalism, Monash University
New research shows Victoria’s commitment to open justice is under serious threat – and that has big implications for all of us.
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By Georgia Moloney, Researcher, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Adelaide University
Anne-Lise Chaber, One Health Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Adelaide University
A new method that uses a simple air sample and the power of a dog’s nose makes it easy to check shipping containers for trafficked wildlife.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A damaged building is on fire after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, March 2, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Civilians are at grave risk of abuse as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Human Rights Watch said today. In the early hours of March 2, 2026, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into northern Israel, after which the Israeli military carried over 70 strikes across Lebanon, including on southern and eastern Lebanon as well as Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing at least 52 people, injuring…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Employees of the Hungarian radio station Klubrádió work at its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, February 6, 2025. © 2025 Bernadett Szabo/Reuters In an important judgment for media freedom, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on February 26 ruled that Hungary violated EU law when it stripped independent radio station Klubrádió of its FM frequency in 2021. The court found that Hungarian authorities used disproportionate and discriminatory grounds in refusing to renew the station’s license and excluding it from a subsequent tender. The…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A memorial service for Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize, activist and treasurer of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s (AbM) eNkanini branch in Gauteng, South Africa, February 19, 2026. © 2026 Noma Masiko-Mpaka/Human Rights Watch Two unknown assailants shot and killed housing rights activist Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize on February 12. Treasurer of the eNkanini branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a shack dwellers' movement that has faced significant threats and violence from both state and non-state actors, Mkhize was killed while visiting a friend near Midrand in Johannesburg.Abahlali…
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By Danielle Turton, Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, Lancaster University
Imagine time-travelling to Manchester, England in the late 1700s. What do you think people would sound like?
That’s the challenge facing Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee: portraying a working-class Mancunian accent from three centuries ago.
When historical linguists reconstruct past speech, it is an interpretative process. It relies on…
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By Paul R. Carr, Professeur/Professor (Université du Québec en Outaouais) & Titulaire/Chair, Chaire UNESCO en démocratie, citoyenneté mondiale et éducation transformatoire/ UNESCO Chair in Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education., Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
Alexis Legault, PhD Candidate in Education, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
The current U.S. political climate does not provide an encouraging model to move the FIFA World Cup toward peace and solidarity currently, but the world is in desperate need for it to do so.
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