By Ray Steinwall, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Law, UNSW Sydney
The new law targeting supermarket prices will be tough to apply. But it does put the big supermarkets on notice that their pricing practices are being watched.
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By Phoebe Hayman, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in Politics, La Trobe University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Nicholas Barry, Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
This election is likely to be watched closely across the country because of what it reveals about the changing party system in Australia.
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By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
Kate Highfield, Associate Professor, Education, University of Canberra
Thembi Mason, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University
The research tells us there is no ‘magic screen time number’ to guarantee quality learning. It depends how the technology is used and for what.
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By Cassandra Steer, Associate Expert, National Security College; Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance, Australian National University
Only by fostering a deeper sense of ‘space citizenship’ will everyone benefit from our journeys to the Moon – and beyond.
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By Bronwyn Reid O'Connor, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Sydney
Ben Zunica, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Sydney
The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m too pretty to do math”.
While some may see it as a joke, it is sparking widespread criticism from some of Australia’s science leaders.
The shirt, created by Australian label Lioness, has raised…
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By Maggie Hames, PhD Student, University of Otago
Mei Peng, Associate Professor, University of Otago
New research shows hunger can make us imagine tastes more vividly – helping explain those powerful cravings that lead to bad choices.
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By Christine Jenkins, Head, Respiratory Program, George Institute for Global Health; UNSW Sydney; University of Sydney
Gary Anderson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Lung Health Research, The University of Melbourne
A new generation of drugs could ‘switch off’ asthma, effectively curing it. That would mean no more puffers and no more flare-ups.
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By Audrey-Ann Deneault, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Jean-François Bureau, Professor, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nate Bargatze’s new family comedy The Breadwinner centres on a successful car salesman who is left to care for his three daughters while his wife pursues a business opportunity abroad.
Bargatze, who stars in and co-wrote the film, is known for clean, family-friendly humour built on a stand-up…
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By Cameron McRae, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health, Simon Fraser University
Laurette Dube, Professor emerita, behavioral economic and convergence sciences, Marketing; James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing; Founding Chair, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University
Pricing policies and retail strategies can help shift diets, but they must account for socioeconomic inequalities in how consumers respond to food prices.
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By Sibo Chen, Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.
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