Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
By Anna Marie Brennan
Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting...
With Trump back in the White House, the age of free trade could be coming to an end
By Sami Bensassi Et Al
For a superpower like the US, free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth. But it also implies an obligation, including political support (or at least non-opposition) and an expectation that the...
Kyoto: timely and enthralling play about first climate treaty reveals potent power of consensus
By Steve Waters
With California poised for more fires and a climate-change denying plutocrat back in the White House, the London opening of Joe Murphy and Joe Robertsons play Kyoto dramatising the intense negotiation of the worlds first...
Doctors should take part in acts of civil disobedience to advocate for patients
By Wael Haddara
Physicians are expected to always act in the best interest of their patients. Increasingly, many doctors find they must speak up and be advocates before a world that seemingly cares little for the lives and rights of their...
I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis could triggerbroader financial instability
By Gary W. Yohe
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change is undermining the insurance systems American homeowners rely on to protect themselves from catastrophes. This breakdown is starting...
Electrolyte beverages can help your body stay balanced − but may worsen symptoms if you’re sick
By Bryn Beeder
Lots of athletes choose electrolyte beverages during their workouts. PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa via Getty Images For generations, Gatorade and similar electrolyte beverages have been helpful tools for athletes seeking...
Why is obesity linked to irregular heart rhythms? Researchers found 1 potential mechanism
By Arvind Sridhar
A sudden onset of irregular heart rhythms can be disorienting. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a persons risk of stroke, heart failure and...
Tyson Fury is such a big hitter on social media that retirement should be another major earning opportunity
By Wasim Ahmed Et Al
Boxer Tyson Fury recently announced that he was retiring from the sport. Just like he did in 2013 and 2017. And then again in 2022. Maybe this time he means it. If he does, it will mean walking away from a lucrative...
Learning your political opponents don’t actually hate you can reduce toxic polarization and antidemocratic attitudes
By Michael Pasek
Many Americans seem to think their political rivals have a lower opinion about them than they actually do. Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images Americans recently endured another grueling election season, offering...
A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel
By Chris Mourant
E.M. Forsters final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives in the city of Chandrapore with Mrs Moore, the mother of her fiancé,...
Bringing Care Home: Redefining Healthcare with Empathy and Connection
By Kenny Au
Healthcare today is a lifeline, but for many elderly and chronically ill individuals, accessing it feels like an uphill battle. I have witnessed people going through cancer firsthand. The constant trips to hospitals and...
Making aluminium uses 10% of Australia’s electricity. Will tax incentives help smelters go green?
By Tessa Leach Et Al
Aluminium is an exceptionally useful metal. Lightweight, resistant to rust and able to be turned into alloys with other metals. Small wonder its the second most used metal in the world after iron and demand is set to soar....
Trump’s meme coin is nothing new: it takes a page out of the ancient world’s playbook
By Gil Davis
Nowadays, we probably never stop to think about why money was invented. If you are a cynical person, you wont be surprised to learn the prime motivation was to make a profit for rulers. About 2,600 years ago, the kings of...
Art as resistance: A digital archive documents how protest arts address police violence
By Taiwo Afolabi Et Al
Policing has become a contentious subject globally, with systemic injustices prompting diverse responses of resistance and revolt. In turn, protest movements around the world have increasingly turned to art as a dynamic...
The key takeaways from Donald Trump’s inauguration speech
By Dafydd Townley
Donald Trump has been sworn in as president of the US for a second term and this time there wont be any arguments about crowd sizes. The most glaringly obvious difference in optics this time round for both those in...
Social media rewires young minds – here’s how
By Laura Elin Pigott
Deliris/Shutterstock That satisfying feeling after doomscrolling through endless TikTok videos or impulsively shopping online mimics the relief of scratching an itch. This is dopamine at work a brain chemical...
Saving lives and limbs on the high seas: the extraordinary world of early modern ship’s surgeons
By Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin
Imagine you are at sea facing a violent battle with an enemy ship. The experienced 17th-century surgeon John Moyle asked his reader to do just that. In his printed guide of recommended practice, the reader was compelled to...
LA fires risk reinforcing the false idea that we’re all in this together
By Andrea Rigon
Sobering images of fires in Los Angeles highlight one of the few cases where some of those who contributed the most to climate change are also facing its consequences. And this is partly why these fires have been such a...
Climate change is fuelling Trump’s desire to tap into Canada’s water and Arctic resources
By Tricia Stadnyk
Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trumps threats to make Canada the 51st American state. A geopolitical storm is brewing in...
Urban studies: Doing research when every city is different
By Sandra Breux Et Al
Urban studies is sometimes considered a loosely defined interdisciplinary academic domain, lacking the scientific rigour needed to understand cities. In Canada, urban studies is a little more than 50 years old; a young...
Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly
By John Kerr Et Al
Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the knowledge of experts and scientific evidence is in crisis. But according to our new findings in a global survey of more than 70,000 people...
Fake podcast clips are misleading millions of people on social media. Here’s how to spot them
By Finley Watson
Podcasting is the medium of choice for millions of listeners looking for the latest commentary on almost any topic. In Australia, its estimated about 48% of people tune in to a podcast each month. However, the rise of...
With nuclear power on the rise, reducing conspiracies and increasing public education is key
By Grant Alexander Wilson
After years of public discourse related to its safety, costs and waste, nuclear power is making a comeback as a core energy solution. Across North America, nuclear power facilities are being started, rebooted and extended....
Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts
By Sharece Thrower
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives for inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of...
What the Opium Wars can tell us about China, the U.S. and fentanyl
By Martin Danahay
United States President Donald Trump recently threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on goods coming from China in response the illegal import into the U.S. of the opioid fentanyl. Fentanyl has become the...
Survey finds Canadians overwhelmingly support building Arctic infrastructure
By Mathieu Landriault Et Al
The Canadian Arctics vast landscape has always been a challenge when it comes to implementing and developing reliable Arctic infrastructure. Home to 150,000 people, with four of every 10 identifying as Indigenous, the...
Trump has few good options to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb
By Aniruddha Saha
The administration of new US president Donald Trump is reportedly considering various options to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear weapon. These include renegotiating a second nuclear deal, pursuing a policy...
The narratives of decadence, decline and apocalypse that link Elon Musk and all anti-democratic movements
By Felix Schilk
Its the birthrates. Its the birthrates. Its the birthrates, echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 people in a mosque in 2019. His claim was that white people are being...
Five commercials that show how David Lynch elevated advertising to an art form
By Jonatan Sodergren
The late filmmaker David Lynchs unique approach to storytelling, with TV and films like Twin Peaks (1990-2017), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001), combined dreamlike imagery with unsettling narratives. But his...
TikTok users migrate to RedNote in an unexpected success for Chinese soft power
By Tom Harper
The new US president, Donald Trump, has given TikTok a reprieve one day after a law came into effect banning the Chinese-owned app in the US on national security grounds. Trump, who has previously expressed admiration for...
Kenya’s farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity – how they can be made more effective
By Regina Birner Et Al
Digital agriculture is often hailed as an almost magical trigger for promoting successful farming, even among smallholder farmers in the developing world. Its proponents argue that using digital tools to, for instance,...
Why Africa’s young scientists should help check the quality of climate change research
By Vincent Hare Et Al
Scientific research is essential for addressing the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body, assesses the science on climate change through its regular assessment...
Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response
By Tricia Wachtendorf Et Al
As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began trickling out on social media. Accounts of Hollywood...
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
By Jesse Rhoades Et Al
The U.S.s return to the Moon with NASAs Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme environments in the solar...
Why is the sky blue?
By Daniel Freedman
You might think that explaining why the sky is blue would be kind of simple. But even a brief explanation of it requires a lot of science. The colors of everything you see are produced in different ways. Some of those...
Trump’s idea to use military to deport over 10 million migrants faces legal, constitutional and practical hurdles
By Cassandra Burke Robertson Et Al
A sweeping crackdown on immigration was the centerpiece of Donald Trumps 2024 presidential campaign. On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America, Trump promised at a...
Food and medicine that can change your skin colour – sometimes permanently
By Michelle Spear
When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong went to hospital with an enlarged prostate, doctors were startled to see that his skin and even the whites of his eyes had turned silver-grey. A deeper investigation revealed silver...
Why Kurds face an uncertain future in Ahmed Al-Shara’s rebel-led Syria
By Pinar Dinc
More than a month has passed since Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group, became the de facto leader of Syria. Since then, he has dropped his nom de guerre in favour of his...
Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research
By Chiara Longoni Et Al
The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: whos most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume its the tech-savvy those who understand how AI works who are most eager to adopt it....
How to fix democracy? Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer
By Matthew Duncombe
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the cradle of democracy. Not only was the first democracy in the...
Three ways to assess how Liverpool’s tidal energy plan will affect the environment
By Kenneth Kang
A proposed tidal energy scheme on Liverpools River Mersey is entering an early assessment and consultation phase. This multi-billion pound infrastructure project, which could span several miles across the river and power...
Ethiopian earthquakes and volcanic eruptions: earth scientist explains the link
By Amdemichael Tadesse
Ethiopias Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological Survey and the German Research...
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
By Mathew Marques Et Al
Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymaking to assist governments with crises such as the COVID pandemic or climate change. In...
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
By Catherine Vreugdenhil Et Al
The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres....
Why Alberta’s Danielle Smith is rejecting the Team Canada approach to Trump’s tariff threats
By Lisa Young
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith finds herself at the centre of controversy because of her refusal to be part of a Team Canada approach to Donald Trumps tariff threats. While other provincial premiers have signed on to a...
Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game
By Marc C-Scott
The 2025 Australian Open (AO) broadcast may seem similar to previous years if youre watching on the television. However, if youre watching online via the official Australian Open TV YouTube channel youll encounter a...
While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power
By Philip Kaisary
In recent years, there has been an increased push for more diversity and representation on our entertainment screens. The #OscarsSoWhite campaign of 2015 and the enduring social justice movement it generated increased...
From dog whistles to blaring horns, Poilievre makes his case
By Noah Fry
Pierre Poilievres recent 100-minute interview with the psychologist and right-wing media commentator Jordan Peterson provided some clues about the Conservative leaders political ideology heading into a federal election...
Ontario’s high-stakes bet on iGaming: Province profiting from online betting but at what cost to problem gambling?
By Nassim Tabri Et Al
In April 2022, Ontario became the first province in Canada to regulate online gambling and sports. This opened the door to an industry that brought in $1.4 billion in revenue over the next year, making Ontario one of North...
Student unions: Warnings of toxic problems fuelling disillusionment need to be dealt with
By Justin Patrick
Almost every post-secondary student in Canada must live under some form of democratic student government known as a student union. They are largely incorporated under provincial or federal non-profit legislation. Student...
