By Na'ama Carlin, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Too many Australians affected by cancer are being financially ruined or receiving sub-optimal (or no) care, due to cost or distance – and it’s everyone’s problem.
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By Emma Whatman, Senior Tutor in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Eloise Faichney, Lecturer in Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Although she initially borrowed his name and cultural capital, these days when people think of Tim McGraw, they almost certainly think of Taylor Swift.
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By Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University
More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish.
Much more recently, one of its wing bones was discovered in Brazil, transformed over the aeons into a fossil made of a complex assemblage of different chemicals and minerals.
And in new research published in iScience, my colleagues and I found that the fossil bone still holds secrets of the creature’s life, including microscopic inner structures of its bones and molecular traces of its…
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By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
A coronial inquest is this week examining the death of Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth at her home in September.
About 25 minutes after her son…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
After dining lavishly on lobster, caviar and truffles in the opulent surrounds of the Palace of Versailles last night, Donald Trump affixed his signature to the much-anticipated memorandum of understanding that will, all being well, begin a 60-day ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran.
The document was subsequently signed in Tehran by the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
“This was not easy,” the US president reportedly remarked as he wielded his trademark Sharpie marker pen – a statement that may go down as a huge understatement. The text of the deal reveals the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image In this file image from undated video footage run by China's CCTV via AP Video, Muslim trainees work in a garment factory at the Hotan Vocational Education and Training Center in Hotan, Xinjiang, northwest China. © CCTV via AP Video, File The Canadian government’s elimination of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), announced on June 11, marks a significant step backwards in the fight for accountability for human rights abuses by Canadian companies.The CORE, established in 2019, investigates rights abuses by Canadian companies operating…
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By Pamela Ephraim
Despite comprising 50 percent of the population, women hold just 4.5 percent of seats in the National Assembly. Nigeria consistently ranks near the bottom globally and in Africa on women’s parliamentary representation.
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By Behrouz Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, McMaster University
A peace deal has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but insurance premiums, mine clearance and a container shortage across two continents suggest the disruption is far from over.
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By Muhammad Haaris Tiwana, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Julia Smith, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Vaccine uptake is not just a behavioural issue. Challenges like childcare and transportation rarely come up in public conversations about hesitancy, but they play a major role in who gets vaccinated.
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By Anderson Saldanha Bueno, Professor, Instituto Federal Farroupilha (IFFar)
Carlos A. Peres, Professor of Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of East Anglia
Chase Mendenhall, Conservation Scientist
A new study shows that it is possible to increase the number of bird species in a forest fragment without increasing its size.
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