By Manoj Bhatta, Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Change and Environmental Health, Menzies School of Health Research
Gloria Baliva, Indigenous Researcher, Menzies School of Health Research
Supriya Mathew, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, Menzies School of Health Research
In remote Australia, First Nations communities battle extreme heat each summer.
In January 2026 alone, the town of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) endured 20 days of temperatures above 40°C. This prolonged heatwave – defined as a period of unusually hot weather – can have long-standing effects on human health,…
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By Juliana Neild, Research Assistant, The University of Melbourne
Alexander Borowiak, PhD Candidate in climate stabilisation, The University of Melbourne
Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
Linden Ashcroft, Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, The University of Melbourne
After a heatwave, we crave relief, not more extreme weather. But increasingly, we have to contend with a succession of extremes – ricocheting from extreme heat to intense storms to flooding waterways.
We saw this in the Victorian Otways region last summer, when extreme heat, fires and floods all occurred in the space of two weeks.
We studied this sudden “weather whiplash”, where a heatwave is followed by heavy rainfall, in more detail to understand which…
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By Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak leads several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
An interview with Venezuelan visual artist and photographer Santiago Méndez, who has exhaustively documente queerness and Pride in Caracas for the last three years.
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By Peter C. Kjærgaard, Honorary Professor, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Mark Maslin, UCL Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
More than any other ancient relative, Lucy has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human.
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By Xiang Ren, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Sheffield
The Dong people in China are an Indigenous ethnic group who are known to have lived in the mountainous regions of southwestern China for about 600 years. They don’t have a written language – instead their cultural knowledge is shared by word of mouth. This means that the outside world doesn’t know much about them.
But an ambitious university-led research project to document the Dong people’s distinctive architecture is revealing a
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By Lauren Bridgstock, Research Associate, Healthcare Communication, Faculty of Health and Education, School of Nursing and Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University
Research shows that praise can guide people with dementia through difficult tasks on busy wards, but unclear or poorly timed praise may cause confusion.
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By Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
Harmful narratives about domestic abuse persist in our society. They can include questioning “why doesn’t the victim just leave?”. They might mean believing in a hierarchy of abuse, where physical abuse is taken more seriously than other forms.
Stereotypical characterisations of how a victim should behave and what a perpetrator looks like remain. Overall, a lack of understanding and awareness serves to silence and exclude those most affected.
Research…
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By Omar Al-Tabbaa, Professor of International Business and Strategy, University of Leeds
Five carmakers are involved in a case at the High Court in London over claims that they cheated on emissions tests. A decade ago, the “dieselgate” scandal broke, eventually forcing Volkswagen to pay billions of euros in fines and settlements. These carmakers (Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot/Citroën, Renault and Nissan) have all faced accusations that selling cars was more important to them than their environmental responsibilities. They all deny the allegations.
Back in 2015, all United Nations member states…
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By Aurora Moxon, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cultural Studies, University College Cork
Hiking tourism is helping to rehabilitate a once-notorious region of Calabria and boost the local economy in area suffering from rural decline.
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