Muhammad Dan Suleiman, Curtin University and Benjamin Maiangwa, Lakehead University At 63 the story of Nigeria can be anything from the “celebration of greatness to an act of barbaric cruelty”. These are the words of Nigerian writer Dipo Faloyin in his book…
Monica Herz, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Giancarlo Summa, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) The planet is on fire, but almost all the firefighters have deserted. At the meeting of the United Nations…
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Jennifer DeBruyn, University of Tennessee Each human body contains a complex community…
Susannah Bruns Ali, Florida International University Unless Congress and the White House…
Clare Collins, University of Newcastle Celebrity testimonials abound for pills, potions and creams that purport to make you look younger. This time collagen supplements are in the spotlight, after Jennifer Aniston became…
Ben Rich, Curtin University The Biden administration hasn’t wasted time in making a significant shift in US policy toward the Middle East. Over the past week, the US has launched reprisal strikes…
Nathalie Collins, Edith Cowan University; Jeff Volkheimer, Duke University, and Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University Business etiquette has one golden rule: treat others with respect and care. The same is true for…
Ben Bramble, Australian National University Some of my vegan friends are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. These vaccines do not contain animal products. Yet animals were used to develop and test…
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What’s the difference between Google and Facebook? One difference is that last week Google agreed to pay Australian news outlets for their…
Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Bruce Bradbury, UNSW Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister…
Nenad Naumovski, University of Canberra; Amanda Bulman, University of Canberra; Nathan M D’Cunha, University of Canberra, and Wolfgang Marx, Deakin University Sleep is essential for good health. Poor sleep quality, or not…
Rob Nicholls, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be…
Tauel Harper, University of Western Australia The federal government’s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which passed the Senate today, makes strong points about the need to regulate misinformation. In…
Claire Loughnan, The University of Melbourne and Sara Dehm, University of Technology Sydney With great fanfare, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout began in Australia this week. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the…
