By Steve Uhlig, Professor of Networks and Head of School EECS, Queen Mary University of London
Reports that SpaceX temporarily restricted its satellite internet service for Ukraine’s armed forces have generated serious concern in Kyiv and among the country’s allies. SpaceX operates the civilian Starlink system and its lesser-known military-grade counterpart, called Starshield.
But many news stories leave an important question unanswered: what does a Starshield “slowdown” mean on the battlefield? The answer is that it does not suddenly blind the Ukrainian military or bring operations to a halt. But it does degrade one of the communications systems deeply embedded in how
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By Katie Edwards, Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
Cottage cheese used to be the sort of food you associated with 1970s diet plans, uninspiring lunches and people who claimed to enjoy eating grapefruit for breakfast.
Now it’s a TikTok sensation.
Social media creators are blending the curdy, clumpy white stuff into everything from cookie dough and chocolate brownies to flatbreads and even slapping it onto hot dogs. Apparently, there’s no recipe that can’t be improved with a generous helping of cottage cheese.
But why has this rather unglamorous dairy product suddenly become so fashionable?
The answer…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A voter carries a ballot during early voting in the New York City mayoral elections on October 25, 2025. © 2025 Olga Fedorova/AP Photo (Washington, DC) – The United States government should order federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers not to operate in the vicinity of polling places, early voting locations, or drop boxes during the midterm electoral period, Human Rights Watch said today. The presence of these federal agents could deter people from voting. “ICE officers’ abuses have already seriously affected US citizens who have been…
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By Joshua Black, Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
Australian history has been relatively free of political violence. But there have nonetheless been some shocking incidents from which we should learn.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People stand near a framed photo of Guatemalan lawyer and anti-corruption figure Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, who died after being shot by unknown assailants on Saturday while visiting a sports center, during his wake at a funeral home in Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 19, 2026. © 2026 Cristina Chiquin/Reuters (Washington, DC) – Guatemalan authorities should carry out a thorough, prompt, and credible investigation into the killing of Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a prominent anti-corruption lawyer, former prosecutor, and former head of Guatemala’s tax…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The independent MP remains in a critical condition after the incident on Monday afternoon. The alleged attacker has been identified as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The former industry minister said Australia is ‘going too fast’ and ‘been swamped by US tech’ building data centres here to dodge growing US community opposition.
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By Neelesh Rampal, Data Scientist, Earth Sciences New Zealand
Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
By running hundreds of climate simulations much faster than conventional models, AI can deliver better regional projections of what communities need to prepare for.
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By Kristina Murphy, Professor and former ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Governments need the capacity to disrupt people moving towards violence. But they also need to reduce the conditions that can make such violence attractive.
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By Dominic O'Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
How much should Māori voices count in public life? And when does decisionmaking belong outside government and within Māori institutions?
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