Our housing system is broken and the poorest Australians are being hardest hit
Australia’s rental crisis has been a long-standing problem and will not be repaired unless there is real reform of both ...
If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production
The more plastic, the more waste we produce. It sounds simple, but this discovery could help us find ways of ending plastic ...
How marketing classes can rescue ‘ugly produce’ from becoming food waste
New research suggests educators can play a crucial role in changing attitudes and actions about food waste and equip future ...
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Detoxifying masculinity: How men’s groups reshape attitudes
Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Toronto Metropolitan ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the entire region at a heightened risk of radioactive pollution
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed Ukraine’s nuclear sites under considerable threat with a growing risk that further ...
Our laser technique can tell apart elephant and mammoth ivory – here’s how it may disrupt the ivory trade
The technique works by directing a laser light onto the ivory sample. The energy from the light is temporarily absorbed by ...
Economic growth tops the priority list for Canadian policymakers — here’s why
Drawing on insights from their recent book, two academics shed light on why Canada’s anemic growth should be a cause for ...
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai
That was the story last week when more than a year’s worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the world’s ...
Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits
Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support ...
The stories of Australia’s Muslim Anzacs have long been forgotten. It’s time we honour them
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers ...
The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test
Empty promises abound in climate policy. Such targets deflect criticism – look, they say, we take climate change seriously, ...
Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ
The recent climate case win in the European Court of Human Rights by a group of older Swiss women has real implications for a ...