By Penni Russon, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Monash University
Children’s writer Penni Russon grew up reading Judy Blume. She read her biography trying to find the person she knew intimately from her novels.
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By Leonidas Karagounis, Professor Research Translation & Enterprise, Australian Catholic University
Peptides are widely marketed as a kind of “holy grail” for workout recovery and physical performance.
You may have seen advertisements online claiming these supplements can significantly boost muscle growth, eliminate joint pain, and accelerate recovery times.
As the prevalence of joint-related issues such as osteoarthritis rises, many people are also turning to these…
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By Sally Patfield, Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
Franziska Lessky, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Sarah O'Shea, Professor and Higher Education Researcher, Charles Sturt University
Each year, about 30% of new undergraduates in Australia are the first in their families to go to university.
This means their parents do not have a university-level qualification. Often, they also don’t have any siblings or relatives who have gone to uni as well.
So these students must navigate a new and unfamiliar pathway. National data…
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By Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Ian Welch, Associate Professor in Cybersecurity, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Lisa Patterson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cybersecurity, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Recent data breaches damaged trust in New Zealand’s health system. A new cyber security strategy must ensure stricter regulatory oversight and mandatory audits.
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By Daniel Thomas Potts, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, New York University
Many Americans only know the history of anger and tension with Iran. But an archaeologist who has spent 45 years focusing on Iran says it is worth recalling the time when the countries were friends.
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By Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Supervised consumption sites have real shortcomings. But the government’s case for closing them relies on a narrow definition of success and abandons the people the sites were designed to reach.
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By Amnesty International
Israeli authorities must urgently repeal legislative amendments expanding Israel’s use of the death penalty, adopted today with a majority of 62 Knesset members, said Amnesty international. “Today, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, adopted the first in what threatens to be a series of laws facilitating the use of the death penalty, in a public display of […] The post Israel/OPT: Newly adopted death penalty law must be repealed appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman looks out from her destroyed apartment in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2026. © 2026 Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Letter to Ambassador Waltz-30 March 2026.pdf Letter to Secretary Hegseth - 30 March 2026 (Washington, DC) – Top officials from the United States, Iran, and Israel should stop using rhetoric that shows dangerous disregard for international humanitarian law in the ongoing Middle East conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in four letters to officials of the three countries. Letter…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Formerly enslaved people sit at Foller's House in Cumberland Landing, Virginia, US, circa 1850. © 1850 Fotosearch/Getty Images Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution, introduced by Ghana, on March 25 that seeks to advance reparatory justice for the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the racialized chattel enslavement of Africans.African, Caribbean, and Latin American states delivered powerful speeches at this year’s observance.…
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Monday, March 30, 2026
Further attacks have been reported across the Middle East as the war enters a second month, with two more Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Southern Lebanon on Monday, following the death of a fellow ‘blue helmet’ a day earlier. On the diplomatic front, the UN has announced a taskforce to restore the flow of fertilizer and aid through the Strait of Hormuz, while the UN's atomic watchdog confirms an attack on a heavy water facility at Khondab in Iran. Stay with us for live updates on this and UN agencies. App users can follow coverage here.
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