By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Musquito’s life and death can be read through the lens of a history of invasion and resistance. Or of the difficulties of being placed between two worlds.
(Full Story)
|
By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
Throughout the history of cinema, popcorn has been both scorned as a messy lowbrow distraction and hailed as a profit-making saviour.
(Full Story)
|
By Helen Milroy, Professor & Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH), The University of Western Australia
Hayley Jackson, Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health, The Kids Research Institute
Indigenous Australians are less likely to use health services than non-Indigenous people – even when needed. So health services need to change.
(Full Story)
|
By Andrew Barron, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
A new study builds on a wave of new work that is daring to suggest insects might have a form of consciousness.
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, February 19, 2019. © 2019 Hayam Adel/Reuters An Egyptian court sentenced doctor and filmmaker Omnia Suwydan on July 4 to a six-months suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (US$408) for alleging obstetric violence at an Alexandria public hospital.Obstetric violence, which includes physical and emotional abuse of pregnant people seeking sexual and reproductive health services, is a widespread but broadly ignored form of gender-based…
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Folarin Balogun shoots on goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match between USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California, July 1, 2026. © 2026 Cal Sport Media via AP Photo Immigration is helping the US soccer team get the job done at the World Cup.Many of the players on the US squad, which faces Belgium in a World Cup elimination game on July 6, have roots to immigrant parents or grandparents.Another player, star striker Folarin Balogun—whose availability for today’s game is the subject of a soccer and diplomatic crisis—is only eligible…
(Full Story)
|
By Nick Turner, Professor and Croft Chair in Management, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Justin Weinhardt, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, University of Calgary
In June, TD Bank told staff that it would begin running software called WorkiQ on their work computers, tracking time spent in browsers, internal chat and meeting apps. The rollout has revived public debate about workplace surveillance. But the issue extends well beyond one bank.
Many jobs have become more digital, hybrid and dispersed. Managers…
(Full Story)
|
By David Lafortune, Professor, Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Ellfie Chen, Graduate student, Clinical Psychology, Université de Montréal
Valerie A. Lapointe, PhD candidate in psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Some people rely on AI romantic companions for emotional support or private sexual exploration. Some partners experience this as betrayal.
(Full Story)
|
By Claire Beach, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainable Tourism and Marketing, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
When choosing where to holiday, more of us than ever are thinking about our environmental footprint.
One recent survey found nearly three quarters of travellers considered sustainable travel important. A similar UK survey found 71% of travellers felt the same, with nearly half reporting that climate change…
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Students outside the University Thomas Sankara near the capital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 15, 2021. © 2021 Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Burkina Faso’s military junta has approved a law requiring every Burkinabè student wishing to pursue higher education abroad—whether funded by a government scholarship or through private means—to obtain prior authorization from the Ministry of Higher Education.The Council of Ministers adopted the decree on June 25, but it has yet to go into effect. The government has presented the measure as part of a broader…
(Full Story)
|