By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
The first step is rethinking the way we view housing – as home and shelter rather than an investment or commodity.
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By Ashleigh Barrett-Young, Research Fellow in Brain Health, University of Otago
Studying middle-aged populations is important to understanding what Alzheimer’s disease looks like in the earliest stages, to make preventive measures more effective.
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By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
Anthony Clarke, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting stories in the history book of life on our 4.5 billion-year-old planet.
A new study, published today in Science Advances, adds crucial information to this story. Led by Scott Evans, assistant curator of…
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By Febe De Geest, Research Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne
Sergio Jarillo, Research Fellow in Climate Change Adaptation, The University of Melbourne
As temperatures soar past 46°C in India, an extreme heatwave is filling hospitals. But harm to women occurs in ways health statistics don’t show.
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By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University
In Dark Renaissance, his new biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Stephen Greenblatt shares a trait with Marlowe and the Elizabethan playwright’s most famous character, Doctor Faustus: a desire to conjure.
Review: Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe – Stephen Greenblatt…
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By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia
Catheryn Khoo, Professor of Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Roshis Krishna Shrestha, Research Assistant Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
South Australia will become the first Australian destination included in the Michelin Guide, with the inaugural selection to be revealed in October.
The guide began in France in 1900 as a road guide created by the Michelin tyre company to encourage motorists to travel (there were just 3,000 cars in France at the time). Under the original system, one star was “worth a stop”, two stars was…
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By Noemi Procopio, Professor of Forensic Sciences, School of Law and Policing, University of Lancashire
Paola A. Magni, Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
In the early 1990s, crime-loving television audiences could choose mainly between cozy, fictional detective series such as Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. The US docuseries Unsolved Mysteries brought a few real cold-case investigations to light, but coverage of forensic science on screen was still relatively simple.
Then, in May 1991, The Silence of the Lambs was released. Based on Thomas Harris’s 1988 novel, this big-budget thriller was darker, more disturbing…
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By Chris Seenan, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Stirling
In a 2026 study I conducted with colleagues on people with peripheral arterial disease, one participant described how leg pain had disrupted his golf for years. It forced him to stop mid-round, shake his leg and apologise to his playing partners while he waited for the pain to pass. He found it mortifying. Then he tried a small electrical device that delivered gentle pulses through pads stuck to his skin. He still had pain. But he could get round the course.
When we measured…
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By Benedicta Quaye, Lecturer in Anatomy, Lancaster University
Around one in every 100 people worldwide has vitiligo – a chronic, autoimmune skin condition that causes the skin to appear lighter in patches.
The number of people affected by vitiligo makes it one of the most…
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Donald Trump’s suit against the IRS and the settlement creating a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate his allies raise important moral and constitutional issues.
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