By Hayley Pring, Senior Associate in Grattan Institute's Energy and Climate Change program, Grattan Institute
It’s been a big few weeks for coal mines.
Late last month, New South Wales approved the biggest coalmine expansion project in its history, letting Hunter Valley Operations keep digging until 2045. And last week, the High…
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By Adrian Barnett, Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Leaving some funding decisions up to luck can save everybody time and effort – and help understand what the funding actually does.
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By Dianne J. Ma, Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology
Rob Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology
The Public Health Advisory Committee put forward five recommendations for improving NZ’s food system. We compared it with party policy ahead of the election.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person lies in bed at a nursing home in Ayutthaya, Thailand, April 9, 2016. © 2016 Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters A care facility in Kanchanaburi, Thailand made headlines in early October when photos of conditions in the facility went viral, including images allegedly depicting metal cages that confine residents to their beds. Further investigation by the country’s Department of Health Service Support uncovered unsanitary conditions and overcrowding, as well as evidence that the facility had been treating residents with psychosocial disabilities (mental…
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
Acute malnutrition and hunger in Afghanistan have reached the highest levels ever recorded, with 15.9 million people facing acute food insecurity and conditions set to worsen in the coming months, according to a global hunger monitor report released on Thursday.
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By Timothy Martin, Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
As we are bombarded with apocalyptic headlines about the future of artificial intelligence, the writer, farmer and environmentalist Wendell Berry can help bring us back to our earthly community.
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By Erika Katzman, Assoctate Professor, Disability Studies, Western University
Disabled job seekers bring valuable skills to work. Here’s how to recognize those strengths, assess employers and advocate for accessible workplaces.
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By Mark Merrony, Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
I believe that it is part of a previously unidentified major arterial Roman road connecting modern Pembrokeshire with Ceredigion to the north.
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By Jacynthe L'Heureux, PhD Candidate, Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Abigail Stites, Graduate Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
Support after a pregnancy or infant loss varies widely. Without better evidence, policy reforms may fall short of the needs of Canadian families.
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By Michelle Bastian, Senior Lecturer in Theory, Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh
On June 30 2015 at 23:59:59 UTC (19:59:59 EDT), artist Sara Morawetz was standing in the middle of New York’s Times Square with a pair of cymbals. As the clock ticked to the next second, she struck the cymbals together.
This simple performance, titled 61/60, sought to highlight the strange blip of time where the clock read 23:59:60 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), instead of 00:00:00 UTC.
Since 1972, extra seconds, known as leap seconds, have been added to clock time whenever our slightly wobbly Earth…
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