As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely-populated cities.
A focus on creating and strengthening positive images of immigrants, rather than instilling blame and mistrust, will be more conducive to social benefits for society.
Keeping the costs down on EVs is very challenging, but solutions include improving the supply chain and production networks, and outsourcing to contract manufacturers.
Months of painstaking negotiations, mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar, have led to a new package deal that the two sides are now weighing up.
South Africa has alleged Israel is responsible for committing acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, but a decision will almost certainly take years.
A group of mostly white academics applauding the statement “I hate rap” diminishes the historical and socio-cultural contexts surrounding the form.
You’ve likely heard about the annual Conference of the Parties, but what exactly is it, and why does it matter?
Despite existing frameworks such as the UN Guiding Principles, more precise guidance on implementing standards to combat modern slavery are needed.
The leaders of Russia and China are skipping the G20 summit, but their absences – and rifts over the Ukraine war – will have a big influence on the proceedings.
A unified approach from journalism scholars in the Global North and Global South is needed to promote more gender-sensitive, solutions-driven, and victim-survivor-centred reporting about violence against women.
We need to move beyond whether cancel culture is good or bad, and understand in more nuanced terms what it means, especially given the political weaponising of it.
Struggling with climate anxiety? You’re not alone. Experts unpack this unprecedented and growing mental health crisis.
Cancelling the 2026 Commonwealth Games will be costly, but, in doing so, Victoria’s premier Daniel Andrews has called out the excesses of the sport mega-event industry.
Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
Muslim girls are one among many minority groups underrepresented in STEM in Australia. Diversity is important, not just ethically and socially, but also economically.
Children’s books implicitly shape the minds of young readers – and are covertly censored in many ways. But revising occasional words won’t usually shift the values regarded as outdated in the text.
COVID-19 further exposed existing cracks in the teaching profession that need to be fixed urgently.
This week on Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the change-makers on the front lines of food.
The battle lines being drawn between Israel’s judiciary and government has potential long-range implications on the country’s very essence as a Jewish and democratic state.
The pledge of the rich nations just before COP26 to provide $100 billion per year for the developing world to combat climate change is yet to be realised at COP27.
Could the massive data we all generate when connecting to, and disconnecting from, the internet help researchers better-understand sleep?
Unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled calls for a patent waiver, but any major change needs to ensure a better outcome for developing economies.
What looks to be a straightforward, simple little expression is anything but.
Social factors can determine how likely you are to suffer from dementia, including your socioeconomic status, where you live, and your background.
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