What do people think about smartglasses? New research reveals a complicated picture
By Fareed Kaviani Et Al
Smartglasses, a type of wearable device, have evolved rapidly since the pioneering yet ill-fated Google Glass received social backlash in 2013. Early adopters were nicknamed Glassholes, and the product never reached...
Pending updates to Canada’s Copyright Act bring consumers closer to the ‘right to repair’ your devices
By Anthony D Rosborough
On Oct. 31, the Senate completed its third reading of two bills that make enormous progress toward establishing a meaningful right to repair in Canada. Bills C-244 and C-294 are complementary private members bills that...
How Trump won Pennsylvania − and what the numbers from key counties show about the future of a pivotal swing state
By Daniel J. Mallinson
Pennsylvania was for months considered the key swing state that would decide the 2024 election. Candidates, political parties and advocacy groups spent over US$1 billion courting the commonwealths small number of...
World Update: Trump’s global shockwaves
By Rachael Jolley
The world was definitely watching as the US went to the polls on Tuesday. Many people turned to YouTube to view the latest figures as states turned in their votes, where an apparent 84 million hours of presidential...
UK interest rates cut – here’s the outlook for property owners and home buyers after the budget
By Alper Kara
The main thrusts of the UK governments budget in October 2024 was more borrowing, more tax and more spending. And within those broad goals lie substantial implications for the housing market.
One of the immediate...
Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector
By MJ (Thinus) Booysen Et Al
In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global...
What a Trump presidency will mean for Europe’s economy
By Mike Rosenberg
Following Donald Trumps victory in the US presidential elections, Europe now has to prepare for a new era of economic protectionism. Trumps policies during a second term will undoubtedly have major consequences for the...
What can sport fans do if their team, or league, is being sportswashed?
By Dr Paul Bowell
As sport and politics are ever more intertwined in 2024, so too are the number of nations and organisations turning to sportswashing.
Sportswashing uses sport to improve the reputation of an authoritarian regime,...
Iran’s currency was already tumbling − and then news of Trump’s victory broke
By Nader Habibi
As the world absorbed news of Donald Trumps comeback victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential race, concern in Iran turned to the impact of the election on its own economy amid escalating regional tensions.
Irans currency,...
Anti-immigrant politics is fueling hate toward South Asian people in Canada
By Reena Kukreja
The Canadian government recently announced that it is making significant cuts to the number of immigrants admitted into Canada. The number of new permanent residents is expected to be cut by nearly 20 per cent next year,...
Donald Trump poised to become next US president, likely sweeping all the seven key states
By Adrian Beaumont
Donald Trump is set to accomplish the rare feat of winning the US presidential election after losing an earlier one.
The New York Times Needle gives Trump a 95% chance to win the Electoral College. Hes estimated to have...
What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day
By Mollie J. Cohen Et Al
When most people think of their experience of voting in person, they may remember other voters at the polls, or the hardworking election officials checking people in and helping people submit their ballots. But in many...
US election: how does the electoral college voting system work?
By Richard Hargy
On November 5, millions of Americans will cast their votes for president, with the vast majority deciding between Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump. This historic election, however, is not determined by a...
US election: what time do the polls close and when will the results be known?
By Richard Hargy
In November 2020, when Americans last went to the polls to elect a president, it took four days after voting closed for Joe Biden to be declared the winner.
This was largely due to razor-thin margins in the crucial...
Building Resilience: How Entrepreneurs Can Harness Mental Health, Discipline, and Spirituality for Lasting Success
By Kenny Au
For entrepreneurs, mental health is often overlooked, yet its crucial for long-term success. The pressures of decision-making and responsibility can lead to burnout if not managed properly. Addressing mental health...
Choices made nearly a century ago explain today’s housing crisis
By Raphaël Fischler
Housing is an important political issue. Politicians and experts now talk about it as a major crisis that could threaten our economic and social well-being. But this is nothing new. Another housing crisis raged at the...
What is necro-branding? And what’s it got to do with Elvis, Princess Diana and Taylor Swift?
By Chris Baumann
Do you own any memorabilia depicting Elvis, Princess Diana, David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson? Perhaps a beloved t-shirt, a favourite mug, a special keyring or a novelty plate? You might not know it, but you are...
At $300m, Jules Verne-inspired Nautilus is the most expensive Australian-made show. But Disney+ was right to dump it
By Ari Mattes
Investing in film and TV productions is a risky venture. Even the best directors and producers are just a flop away from ruining their careers.
So if a company owns the intellectual property to a popular material, or if...
Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode
By Kylie Lingard
If youre found guilty of a crime, its a basic principle of Australian law that you have a right to appeal.
But having a right and being able to exercise it are two different things, especially when it comes to fresh...
Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’
By Blair Aitken Et Al
You had a great night out, but the next morning, anxiety hits: your heart races, and you replay every conversation from the night before in your head. This feeling, known as hangover anxiety or hangxiety, affects around...
What is stereotactic radiation therapy for prostate cancer? How does it compare to other treatments?
By Sathana Dushyanthen Et Al
Prostate cancer is Australias most commonly diagnosed cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed by the time they turn 85.
Cancers are abnormal groups of cells that grow uncontrollably and start invading neighbouring...
Party season is coming. Here are 2 ways to make small talk less awkward
By Nick Enfield
Most people will tell you they hate small talk. It can feel awkward, especially when it steers to that blandest of topics, the weather.
We turn to the weather when we cant think of anything else to talk about. This is...
Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life
By Maria Cunningham
A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust.
This is exciting for those of us who keep lists of known...
For type 2 diabetes, focusing on when you eat – not what – can help control blood sugar
By Brooke Devlin Et Al
Type 2 diabetes affects 1.2 million Australians and accounts for 85-90% of all diabetes cases. This chronic condition is characterised by high blood glucose (sugar) levels, which carry serious health risks. Complications...
Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020. Our research shows how successful they’ve been
By Kathryn Schumaker Et Al
In late September, the governor of the state of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, boasted that election officials had removed 453,000 people from the states voter rolls since 2021. In a state with only 2.3 million registered voters,...
Silence speaks volumes: How mental health influences employee silence at work
By Kyle Brykman Et Al
What happens when the loudest voice in the room suddenly falls silent?
Consider a woman named Isla who is known in her office as the idea generator. She regularly participates in meetings, offers opinions about new...
As Colombia hosts a UN biodiversity summit, its own Amazonian rainforest is in crisis
By Jesica Lopez
The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UNs 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30%...
Proof that immigrants fuel the US economy is found in the billions they send back home
By Ernesto Castañeda
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of immigrants if he is elected to a second term, claiming that, among other things, foreign-born workers take jobs from others. His running mate JD Vance has echoed those...
Your next favorite story won’t be written by AI – but it could be someday
By Haoran Chu Et Al
Stories define people they shape our relationships, cultures and societies. Unlike other skills replaced by technology, storytelling has remained uniquely human, setting people apart from machines. But now, even...
Your politics can affect whether you click on sponsored search results, new research shows
By Alexander Davidson
American businesses spend close to US$100 billion each year to secure top advertising spots in search engine results even though its not exactly a secret that most online shoppers scroll right past them.
In fact,...
What US election interference law actually says about Labour volunteers
By Ilaria Di Gioia
With just two weeks to go until election day, Donald Trumps presidential campaign filed a complaint with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), requesting an immediate investigation into what it termed blatant foreign...
Harris nudges ahead of Trump in the polls – but could the economy prove her downfall?
By Paul Whiteley
The current US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, appears to have nudged ahead of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the race to the White House.
A poll of polls, which combines...
The Terminator at 40: this sci-fi ‘B-movie’ still shapes how we view the threat of AI
By Tom F.A Watts
October 26, 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of director James Camerons science fiction classic, The Terminator a film that popularised societys fear of machines that cant be reasoned with, and that absolutely will not...
Are managers at risk in an AI-driven future?
By Wim Vandekerckhove
Business leaders are increasingly worried about AIs disruptive effects on the future of work. Many workers fear job losses, but their anxiety also stems from the idea of AI making decisions about their work. Should we...
‘Cosmic inflation’: did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation
By Neil Turok
We live in a golden age for learning about the universe. Our most powerful telescopes have revealed that the cosmos is surprisingly simple on the largest visible scales. Likewise, our most powerful microscope, the Large...
Ukraine cannot defeat Russia – the best the west can do is help Kyiv plan for a secure post-war future
By Frank Ledwidge
A friend of mine, usually an intensely optimistic pro-Ukraine analyst, returned from Ukraine last week and told me: Its like the German Army in January 1945. The Ukrainians are being driven back on all fronts including in...
Israel-Gaza conflict: Home and away
By Vinita Srivastava
Its not often that events far away impact us so profoundly at home. But events in Palestine and Israel, which have been reverberating in the Global North for decades, crescendoed over the past year, directly impacting...
AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people. It’s time we have a say in how it’s built
By Tamika Worrell
Since artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream over the past two years, many of the risks it poses have been widely documented. As well as fuelling deep fake porn, threatening personal privacy and accelerating the...
Use of AI in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust
By William Cheung Et Al
New Zealands economy has been described as a housing market with bits tacked on. Buying and selling property is a national sport fuelled by the rising value of homes across the country.
But the wider public has little...
US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets
By Jason Reed
It wasnt that long ago that the Federal Reserve, the central bank for the United States, was worrying that annual inflation would surpass 9% in the middle of 2022. The U.S. economy hadnt seen prices rise that fast since...
Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida − here’s how rapid intensification works
By Zachary Handlos Et Al
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane on Oct. 7, 2024, as it headed across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Twenty-four hours earlier, it was barely a Category 1 storm.
As its wind...
Wealthier Canadians live longer and are less likely to be dependent as they age, new research finds
By Marie-Louise Leroux Et Al
Population aging is a growing challenge for developed countries like Canada, with significant implications for health care and long-term care systems. In OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)...
‘Ecocide’ is being used as a weapon of war in Ukraine. It should be one of the crimes tried in the International Criminal Court
By Renéo Lukic Et Al
Since Feb. 24, 2022, Russia has been waging simultaneous wars in Ukraine: a conventional one, hybrid or cyber warfare, and one against the environment, or ecocide.
Ecocide, used as a weapon of war, takes place alongside...
Kamala Harris is being held to the same old double standard
By Mireille Lalancette
There were many attacks from both sides during the U.S. presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Yet while Trump could afford to criticize Harris by questioning both her intelligence and her loyalty to...
South Africa’s unity government is being tested – the toppling of a mayor in a key city exposes faultlines
By Susan Booysen
South Africas long-governing party, the ANC, performed disastrously in the countrys May 2024 elections. Its electoral fortunes are now tied to regaining support in Gauteng, the most populous and economically important...
Still with the Tony Soprano memes? Young audiences are watching the series with fresh eyes
By Alexander H. Beare
HBOs latest crime drama The Penguin came with a flood of memes on TikTok, X and Instagram. They compare actor Colin Farrells Oswald Cobblepot to James Gandolfinis Tony Soprano.
Its true, there are undeniable...
Failure to launch: why the Albanese government is in trouble
By Carol Johnson
It wasnt meant to be like this.
In her 2022 study of Anthony Albanese, Katharine Murphy describes a prime minister who thought hed be successfully managing an idealistic, collaborative and positive new politics that...
Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties
By Artemis Spyrou Et Al
The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic nuclei the center part of atoms, which make up all matter were more stable than others. These...
One of science’s greatest achievements: how the rapid development of COVID vaccines prepares us for future pandemics
By Paul Griffin1
Since COVID was first reported in December 2019, there have been more than 775 million recorded infections and more than 7 million deaths from the disease. This makes COVID the seventh-deadliest pandemic in recorded...
Too good to be true? New study shows people reject freebies and cheap deals for fear of hidden costs
By Andrew Vonasch
If youre offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if youre paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
In our new research, twice as many people were willing to eat a cookie when they werent offered...