By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
It’s cheaper to charge an EV than fuel a petrol car. But while charging can be dirt cheap, it’s not always the case.
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By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia
The war between Russia and Ukraine is taking place in Europe, but its security implications are increasingly being felt in Asia, too.
North Korea has benefited tremendously from its decision to supply enormous quantities of ammunition and soldiers to Russia in return for advanced nuclear and missile technology and diplomatic…
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By Rachael Hains-Wesson, Professor of Education and Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, RMIT University
Once, a university degree was widely seen as a “ticket” to securing high-paying jobs and social mobility.
Now, as artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise the labour market, it’s university students and recent graduates who face some of the greatest uncertainty.
How do you pick a major or a career when it isn’t obvious what jobs will even exist in 10 years’ time?
Back in May, the chief executive of the AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, claimed…
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By Amnesty International
The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s South-East region has created a free-for-all reign of impunity in which numerous state and non-state actors have committed serious human rights violations and killed at least 1,844 people between January 2021 and June 2023, Amnesty International said today. The report, A Decade […] The post Nigeria: Thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in two years in South-East region appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Erich Fitzgerald, Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
Ruairidh Duncan, PhD Candidate, Palaeontology, Monash University
Australia is home to a unique bunch of native land mammals, such as koalas, wombats and wallabies. These furballs evolved in isolation on this island continent and have become Australian symbols.
But between 27 and 23 million years ago, the coastal seas of Australia were also home to sea mammals found almost nowhere else: whales.
But not just any old whales. These creatures were among the strangest of all whales, called mammalodontids. If alive today, mammalodontids would be as iconically Australian as kangaroos.
Recent fossil discoveries from coastal Victoria…
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By Lucy Hardie, Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
Christina Watts, Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Sydney
Judith McCool, Professor in Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Youth vaping is a major public health concern in many countries, with New Zealand’s youth vaping rates among the highest in the world, and rising.
In 2017, 3% of New Zealanders aged between 15 and 24 vaped daily, but by 2024, this was up to 21.3%.
Globally, one of the main drivers is the promotion of vapes on social media. Like many other countries, New…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hundreds gather in New York City, on March 9, 2025, for the Unite for Ukraine March. © 2025 Bender/NurPhoto via AP United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15, reportedly to discuss ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Absent from the discussions will be Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. And according to the publicly available agenda, so too will be the topic of protecting civilians.Since the Trump administration launched talks on Ukraine earlier this year, rights activists have urged stakeholders…
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By Stephanie Bogue Kerr, Adjunct professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nicolas Moreau, Professeur titulaire / Full Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction…
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By Catherine Frost, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
The cautious, conditional endorsements from Canada and the U.K. reflect the workings of a dated international system that governs the birth of states.
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By Kenny Ching, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
As AI becomes more pervasive, New Zealand’s economic strength may lie in work where the value is measured in what is grown, built, repaired and cared for.
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