By Ramona Vijeyarasa, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are helpful, polite – and almost always default to female.
Their names also carry gendered connotations. For example, Apple’s Siri – a Scandinavian feminine name – means “beautiful…
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By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University
You don’t need to be a finance expert to help set your kids up with good money habits for life.
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By Kerry Brown, Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
The standard minimum age for work in Australia is 15 - but children can get a job before that. These are the rules.
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By Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Macquarie University
Michael B. Charles, Associate Professor, Management Discipline, Faculty of Business, Arts and Law, Southern Cross University
Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city.
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By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago
J. Robert Branston, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
Philip Gendall, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Marketing, University of Otago
Taxes raise prices, and higher prices reduce smoking. But duty-free tobacco sales remain a policy anomaly and deny the government much-needed health revenue.
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By Amnesty International
Protests erupted in Iran on 28 December 2025. People across the country, outraged at decades of repression, were demanding fundamental change and a political system that respects human rights and dignity. Iranian authorities have responded with an unprecedented deadly crackdown and, since 8 January 2026, cut all internet access to conceal their crimes. Security forces […] The post What happened at the protests in Iran? appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to media reports that states such as Russia, Türkiye and Tajikistan are extensively misusing Interpol red notices to target political dissidents and to repress human rights defenders, Erika Guevara Rosas Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns of Amnesty International said: “Media reports that Interpol red notices are being extensively misused, without internal […] The post Global: Misuse of Interpol red notices to target dissidents a grave institutional failure appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Dinesh Phuyal, Postdoctoral Associate in Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida
When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.
Across some of the most productive farmland in the United States, a nutrient called phosphorus has been accumulating in the soil for decades, at levels far beyond what crops actually require. While this element is essential for life-supporting root development and cellular…
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By Guilherme Maricato, Pós-doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, UFRJ
Clinton N. Jenkins, Associate Professor of Ecology, Florida International University
Maria Alice S. Alves, Professora de Ecologia, UERJ
Rodrigo Tardin, Professor de Ecologia, UFRJ
Despite Brazil’s recent expansions of protected areas, research shows that the favorite habitats of whales and dolphins are still threatened by human activities.
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By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
During the Cold War, projecting a readiness to act erratically may have served a purpose. But it has diminishing returns if used too often.
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