By Cameron Shackell, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland; Queensland University of Technology
If the AI bubble bursts, it could bring down some of the biggest tech companies – but perhaps not its most durable, like Google and Apple.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
After months of talks, the host of COP31 will be Turkey, but the Australian environment minister will be the conference’s President of Negotiations.
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By Ausma Bernot, Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University
WeChat is best known as China’s all-purpose “super-app”. It is used for everything from messaging and mobile payments to shopping and government services.
As of June 2024, WeChat reported a staggering 1.37 billion active monthly users globally. For many Chinese-speaking diaspora communities – such as in the United States, Australia and the…
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By Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Without visual clues, our ears mishear sounds produced in front of us. Knowing more about why this happens will give new insights into how the brain works.
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By Estrella Luna-Diez, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
Anne-Marie Culhane, Visiting Research Fellow, Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Bruno Barcante Ladvocat Cintra, Research Fellow, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham
Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.
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By Lynley Wallis, Professor, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
Christine Musgrave, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge
Heather Burke, Professor of Archaeology, Flinders University
Roseanne George, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge
New research details Aboriginal craftsmanship – along with accompanying wall art – at a remote site in the Cape York Peninsula.
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By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
It’s not often that a screen adaptation manages to outdo a book – but in the case of Bunny Munro, the transformation is nothing short of merciful.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A doctor working with a UN agency examines a woman at a clinic in Herat, Afghanistan, July 5, 2025. © 2025 Elise Blanchard/Getty Images The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers from entering hospitals without wearing a burqa. On November 10, 2025, authorities prevented Shabnam Fazli, a female surgeon, from entering a major hospital in the provincial capital and detained her for several hours, allegedly for not wearing a burqa.The requirement of a burqa, a full-face and…
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By David Tindall, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
We live in a time often characterized as a polycrisis. One of those crises is human-caused climate change, an issue currently being discussed by delegates at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil.
Another is disinformation, much of which has been focused on climate change. A third potential crisis comes from the implications of artificial intelligence for society and the planet.
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By Andrew J. Green, Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music, King's College London
Especially when Iberian and Latin American music is in the mix, it’s not quite so easy to separate ‘classical’ and ‘popular’.
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