By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The late July conference will be a tightly stage-managed affair, particularly when it comes to discussions about AUKUS and Palestine.
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By Matthew Hopkins, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Canterbury
Astronomers have revealed new details about the make-up and age of a visiting comet that was born around a distant star. They conclude that the composition of 3I/Atlas is strikingly different from any object found in our solar system.
A trio of recently published studies shed light on the origins of this exotic comet. 3I/Atlas appears to have been born in a cold…
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By Narmin Nahidi, Assistant Professor in Finance, University of Exeter
I recently volunteered to teach some lessons in finance to pupils at a primary school. Over six sessions, I spoke to a group of ten and eleven-year-olds about things like value, savings, cost and risk.
The talks were not meant to turn the children into investors, or to teach them to price derivatives or read corporate accounts. They were simply designed to start discussions about everyday financial choices – what it means to spend and borrow money, to compare prices and plan ahead.
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By Sahar Bakr, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
Fitness trackers often privilege steps over strength, rest and context, which can leave some users with a distorted view of health.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Members of the National Assembly vote to approve legislation to abolish the Sovereignty Protection Office during a parliamentary session in Budapest, Hungary, June 30, 2026. © 2026 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo Hungary’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on June 30 to abolish the Sovereignty Protection Office, an institution created by the previous Fidesz government to target independent journalists, civil society organizations, and academics receiving foreign funding. The move—which awaits the signature of Hungary’s President—is a positive step towards…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk during the opening of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 23, 2026. © 2026 Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP Photo After months of silence from Burkina Faso’s military junta, the United Nations Human Rights Office announced on June 30 that it would permanently close its operations in the country, ending its ability to monitor, document, and report on human rights abuses at a time when conflict continues and violations are rampant.The government suspended the UN Human…
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By Scarlett Smout, Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
Louise Birrell, Researcher, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
Tim Slade, Professor, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
During adolescence, young people become especially sensitive to peer influence – more so than any other time in life.
So, how does this affect their mental health?
A new study from Finland, released today, analysed data from more than 600,000 young people born between 1985 and 2000 (meaning both millennials and early Gen Zs).
It found that people whose peers had been diagnosed with a mental health condition…
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By Marta Khomyn, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University
US President Donald Trump once called cryptocurrency a “scam”. It’s now a major moneymaker for him: his just-released annual financial disclosure shows he made more than US$1 billion from cryptocurrency last year.
This news has raised the ire of Trump’s critics. Juliana Stratton, the Illinois lieutenant governor and a Democratic Senate candidate, accused…
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By Matthew England, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans and Scientia Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Sydney
Alex Sen Gupta, Associate Professor in Climate Science, UNSW Sydney
Alistair Hobday, Chief Research Scientist - Environment, CSIRO
More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Security personnel stand guard as protesters gather outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), demanding the organization leave the country and calling for an end to migrant settlement and the deportation of migrants and refugees, in Tripoli, Libya, June 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. © 2026 Ayman al-Sahili/Reuters (Beirut) – Libyan authorities have used incendiary rhetoric and pursued a campaign of mass detention and expulsions of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, sparking anti-migrant protests,…
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