By Rachael (Ré) A Mansbach, Assistant professor, Physics, Concordia University
Jyler Menard, PhD Student, Department of Physics, Concordia University
By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than eight million deaths around the world every year.
These are bacterial infections that resist traditional antibiotics like penicillin. They can develop when you eat contaminated food, have an open wound or undergo surgery. E. coli is a good example, as several strains have become highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. They…
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By Justin Sobion, Lecturer in International Environmental Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A proposed law change would end an activist’s landmark climate case. It also raises questions about whether NZ’s domestic laws match its global commitments.
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By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Head Girl, based on the poetry collection from Freya Daly Sadgrove, centres on three 20-something flatmates in Wellington, each at a moment of personal crisis.
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By Clare Dix, Lecturer In Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Sunshine Coast
Stella Boyd-Ford, Research Fellow with the Grow&Go Toolbox, The University of Queensland
Some parents may worry cooking is unsafe for kids. But with the right supervision and age-appropriate tasks you can make it work.
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By Joëlle Rouleau, Département d’histoire de l’art, de cinéma et des médias audiovisuels, Université de Montréal
Beyond mere identity, ‘Empathie’ embodies a queer sensibility through its refusal to judge and its radical insistence that love takes multiple forms.
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By Christopher Chapman, Senior lecturer in oceanography, UNSW Sydney
Clive McMahon, IMOS Animal Tagging, Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Rob Harcourt, Emeritus Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
Every summer, communities across northern Australia brace for the tropical cyclone season. Tropical cyclones draw their power from the warm seas, extracting heat and moisture from ocean water.
To improve cyclone forecasting – and better protect lives and property – we enlisted an unlikely ally: deep-diving sea turtles equipped with oceanographic sensors on their shells.
At times these turtles have encountered powerful tropical cyclones, allowing their sensors to gather and can gather critical information on how the temperature in the water changes as the storm passes overhead.…
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By Katie Attwell, Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
The effects of COVID vaccine mandates live on today. And a distrust of government is one of its biggest casualties.
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By Caitlin Buckle, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
Peter Phibbs, Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
There is a crisis of rental housing across Australia. Areas in major cities and regional Australia alike are facing extremely low rental stock and record high rents.
Many cities around the globe have cracked…
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By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Most of us have attended sex-ed classes in school. If we’re lucky, we’ll learn about consent and how to roll a condom onto a banana. But the classroom rarely goes into the specifics of sexual health and wellbeing – including what to do when a condom breaks.
Where can you get the morning-after pill in your local area? What about post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV? When do you need testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? And where to find support if the test comes back positive?
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By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer Accounting & Finance, Australian Catholic University
Anne C Pickering, Teaching and Research Scholar, Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
While alarming, incidents involving alleged unauthorised or inappropriate access can actually be a sign that safeguards to protect our data are working.
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