By Justin A. Welbergen, Professor of Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University
Jessica Meade, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in Movement Ecology, Western Sydney University
Wildlife carers have been deluged with distressed flying-foxes. It’s yet another crisis for these vital animals. Is it time to do better?
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By Genevieve Le Ban, Casual Academic in the Discipline of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
Ancient evidence tells us that belief in witchcraft – and fear of witches – is more than 4,000 years old.
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By Exile Hub
"Four years later, after witnessing so many painful stories, I have learned that telling other people’s stories also requires learning how to care for myself."
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By Alex Dittrich, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University
Kat Hamill, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University
Around this time of year, elaborate decorations featuring ghosts, vampires, zombies, witches and werewolves adorn front doors, gardens and shop windows across the country.
But you may be surprised to hear that in the animal world, there are many real-life creatures with similar tendencies to these fictional characters of our Halloween nightmares.
The southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus) howls at the moon to defend its territory and attract mates, a little like werewolves…
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By Colin Nolden, Senior Research Fellow, Energy Institute, University of Sheffield
The UK government has announced that standing charges will be removed from gas bills and that it intends to also remove them from electricity bills. Standing charges are a fixed fee paid by every household, regardless of how much they use. Under the proposed change, the costs they cover would instead be covered through unit rates, thereby ensuring that the costs are spread more fairly among those using more or less gas.
The budget also extends a temporary suspension of VAT on electricity and introduces a one-off payment of £100 to households in council tax bands A-D. Together, these…
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By Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
Extreme pornography has become readily available on mainstream porn sites. Listen to expert Clare McGlynn on The Conversation Weekly on what this is doing to the sex lives of young people.
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By Andrew Ibi, Programme Leader BA Fashion: Design & Communication, School of Art and Creative Industries, Liverpool John Moores University
British fashion has always been shaped by creative exchange: forged inside melting pots, authored by radical style communities – and often fuelled by class and migration.
Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed the distinct emergence of a new genre centred on the Black British experience. It has seen its designers drawing on their unique histories, the most prominent of which are Martine Rose, Priya…
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By Adrian Schoone, Associate Professor, School of Education, Auckland University of Technology
Sweeping changes to the curriculum, NCEA and school governance have divided the education sector, all while major challenges remain overlooked.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the conviction and ten-year imprisonment of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha today by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad, Yasmine Ahmed, Senior Director for Regional Human Rights Impact at Amnesty International, said: “These convictions are an indictment of Pakistan’s justice system. This was not just Imaan and Hadi on trial, it was a […] The post Pakistan: Terrorism conviction of human rights lawyers an indictment of justice system appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
More than three months have passed since plainclothes security officers arrested pro-democracy activist Clovis Kakule Mutsuva on July 18 in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mutsuva, 32, is awaiting trial before a military court on several charges. Click to expand Image Clovis Kakule Mutsuva. © Private The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan-origin armed group active in eastern Congo, has been carrying out deadly attacks in the North Kivu city of Beni, near the Ugandan border. Mutsuva and other activists used videos and public speeches to…
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