By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Google won’t have to sell Chrome. But the ruling could still have a significant impact on the tech giant – and the entire internet.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on October 1, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein As the Chinese government celebrated the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in World War II and the country’s military might this week, criticism of the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights record is building. For 50 minutes on August 29, large slogans projected on a building in Chongqing, one of China’s major cities, urged the Chinese people to “rise up against fascism” and “take back our own rights.” The cleverly executed feat was unprecedented—the activist…
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By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology
The hype around protein intake doesn’t seem to be going away.
Social media is full of people urging you to eat more protein, including via supplements such as protein shakes. Food companies have also started highlighting protein content on food packages to promote sales.
But is all the extra protein giving us any benefit – and can you have too much protein?
Protein’s important – but many eat more than they need
Eating enough protein…
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By Ger Post, Lecturer Neuroscience, PhD student collaborative reasoning, The University of Melbourne
With the AFL finals approaching, discussions about the league’s clutch players – those who excel under pressure – will soon appear in the media and be debated among fans.
Last year, Gold Coast captain Noah Anderson was ranked…
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By Sanné Mestrom, Senior Lecturer, DECRA Fellow, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Walk into most art galleries with children, and you’ll hear the familiar refrain “look but don’t touch”. This instruction reveals something troubling about how cultural institutions understand learning. Museums have become temples to visual consumption, where knowledge is received through eyes rather than constructed through bodies.
This fundamentally misunderstands how humans learn – and what we deny young people when we privilege looking over all other forms of engagement.
At my exhibition The…
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By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
Processed foods vary greatly in their nutritional quality – and the number and type of food additives used to manufacture them.
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By Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
In mid-August, controversy enveloped the Bendigo Writers Festival. Just days before it began, festival organisers sent a code of conduct to its speakers – a code that drove more than 50 authors to make the difficult decision to pull out.
The code was intended to ensure the event’s safety, with a requirement to…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A former deputy secretary of the immigration department under the Howard government says ‘it’s time politicians on both sides pulled up their socks’.
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By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
The president has made some concessions to protesters, but this may not be enough to quell public anger with politicians seen as lazy, corrupt and out of touch.
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By Jennifer Medbury, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University
With cyber crime groups constantly shifting tactics and getting creative, we all must stay vigilant – especially if we work at large companies.
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