By Magdalena Stawkowski, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
When I talk about my anthropological fieldwork, many Americans are shocked to learn that “living on a nuclear test site” is even a logical statement.
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By Daniel T. Blumstein, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
Peter Mikula, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Piotr Tryjanowski, Professor of Zoology
The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got the nickname “bin chickens” for stealing trash and sandwiches.
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By Renee Obringer, Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Dave White, Director of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Arizona State University
Cities have the best chance of reducing water use when people actively participate in water conservation, but even that might not be enough in the future.
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By Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia over the past 40 years.
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By Amnesty International
Chinese authorities must ensure that Yu Wensheng is allowed to reunite with his family in Beijing without restrictions, Amnesty International said ahead of the human rights lawyer’s expected release from prison following a baseless “subversion” conviction. Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is due to be released on 13 April after completing a three-year sentence for […] The post China: Human rights lawyer jailed over planned EU meeting must be truly free after release appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the draconian sentences issued against young activists prosecuted for their actual or perceived affiliation with the Russian youth democratic movement Vesna (Spring), Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Today’s verdict reveals how the Russian judicial system continues to rubber-stamp politically motivated reprisals. The charges brought against these young […] The post Russia: Imprisoned young anti-war activists must be immediately and unconditionally released appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Nationals leader Matt Canavan has urged the embrace of work-from-home opportunities as a way to boost the growth of smaller towns and regions.
In a Wednesday speech calling for an “economic revolution”, Canavan told the National Press Club that today many families needed two jobs to make moving to a regional area viable.
“Professional roles in law, finance and engineering can be done from regional areas,” he said.
He said the public service should lead by example.
The Coalition has had a bumpy road with work-from-home policy. Before the last election,…
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By Kevin Morrison, Industry Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
The Strait of Hormuz bottleneck may be about to reopen – but damage to oil infrastructure will mean lingering pain in Australia – and worldwide.
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By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
The two-week agreement, brokered by Pakistan, temporarily halts violence and reopens the Strait of Hormuz – but the path to peace remains complicated.
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By Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Lancashire
As Nasa’s Artemis II mission completed its lunar flyby, the astronauts sent back a stunning image of the colourful Earth setting behind the Moon. This breathtaking photo, called Earthset, draws inevitable comparisons with the original Earthrise photo from the Apollo 8 flight in 1968.
The Apollo-era photo showed our planet climbing above the lunar horizon. It revealed Earth as a bright blue oasis, standing out against the vast blackness of space and the barren Moon.
As I described in my book,
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