By Shakiba Barghi, PhD Candidate in Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Rings of Power co-creator and showrunner Patrick McKay describes the third season, premiering this month, as a “turning [of] the page” for Prime Video’s high-budget Tolkien adaptation.
Season two ended with the Elven realm of Eregion in ruins and Sauron in possession of the Nine Rings intended for Men.
The new season picks up five years later, throwing viewers into a Middle-earth already at war, with Sauron working to forge the One Ring.
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By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
The new series is a comedy with an irresponsible man-child at its centre. Truly, it is hard to care about any of it.
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By Jane Gilmore, PhD candidate, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Hub, Monash University
Russell Brand has been convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault and sentenced to ten and six months years in prison.
The Age, The Herald Sun, The Guardian, the ABC and The…
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By James Skinner, Dean Newcastle Business School/Professor of Sport Business, University of Newcastle
Eight years after sandpaper brought Australian cricket into disgrace, the latest integrity question concerns the investigation that followed.
The 2018 controversy was this…
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By Roger Dargaville, Assoc Prof. Renewable Energy, Monash University
A new report suggests the world is burning fewer fossil fuels, potentially due to international conflicts and surging energy prices.
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By Henry Fraser, Law Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just announced six mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) safety guardrails.
The government will establish a new AI safety regulator to enforce the regulations, with the power to impose significant penalties.
According to the guardrails, frontier AI companies – the ones with the most powerful AI models at the cutting edge of AI development – will have to:
- implement security controls
- identify…
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By Ava Kalinauskas, Senior Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Reprieve may be short-lived. With Democrats soon to control Congress, could Hegseth still become the first US defense secretary in history to be removed from office?
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By Dena K. Seidel, Science Communication Researcher and Science Filmmaker, Rutgers University
Marine scientists navigate autonomous glider robots across the Atlantic Ocean and along the West Antarctic Peninsula, collecting data to help predict storm intensity.
When farmers’ fields are destroyed by an unknown pathogen, plant scientists spend years breeding new varieties of disease-resistant food crops.
A team of microbiologists explore…
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By Alison Dagnes, Professor of Political & Social Inquiry, Shippensburg University
It’s an open secret in Harrisburg that Shapiro wants to run for president. But those ambitions may require careful timing, regardless of his personal strengths.
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By Ziyad Al-Aly, Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
Doctors often call the condition a stroke of the eye – and though the risk is small, patients should know the symptoms and seek immediate treatment if they occur.
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