Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations US$141 billion – and 38% is attributable to climate change
The island nation of Fiji, best known as a tropical paradise, has experienced a frightening series of storms over recent ...
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The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is Australia ready for the next one?
Conrad Wasko receives funding from The University of Sydney and the Australian Research Council. Conrad has previously ...
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Are these tiny insects the world’s most bone-idle bugs?
James Gilbert currently receives funding from UKRI (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council). This study was ...
Only 25% of older Queenslanders are aware of the risks heatwaves put on their health – new study
Although heatwaves can affect everyone, older adults are particularly at risk. But our new research has found older ...
US election: updates on The Conversation’s coverage
This is a rolling guide to articles and audio published by The Conversation in the immediate run-up to and aftermath of the ...
US election results: Trump takes first swing state of North Carolina
Good morning world. The United States has made its choice. And, as of 5am Donald Trump and the Republican Party will be the ...
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High Court strikes down government’s law to monitor former immigration detainees
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Elon Musk’s flood of US election tweets may look chaotic. My data reveals an alarming strategy
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What is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots
Ballot curing aims to ensure that every valid vote is counted, even those with messy signatures, misspelled names or missing ...
How does a jury reach a conclusion? A new SBS show painstakingly recreates details to take us behind the scenes
Death on the Staircase follows the deliberations of 12 jurors as they listen to nine days’ worth of evidence in a real, ...
US election live blog
Americans have been casting ballots from all over the world – and even from outer space. Astronauts voted through a special ...
2024’s Election Day heads into the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 landslides and 2000’s Bush v. Gore nail-biter
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected ...