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The “no” vote carried the day in Australia’s referendum. This means that there will be no amendment to the country’s constitution to include a First Nations Voice to Parliament. As Michelle Grattan writes, the vote is a major rebuff for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and “more important, a devastating blow for the many Indigenous Australians who had invested their hopes in what was always – given the history of referendums – a long shot”.
In a “tech-first” society, it is increasingly difficult to differentiate between authentic information and false claims or deliberately misleading video content. It is clear that numerous videos, social media posts and images purportedly about the Israel–Hamas conflict are deliberately misleading. Mitali Mukherjee maps the landscape as the conflict escalates and Israel prepares to invade Gaza with ground forces after ordering an evacuation of over a million
people from the north to the south.
The prospect of a human running a full marathon in under two hours feels closer than ever before. On 8 October in Chicago, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum not only slashed the world record but also set the scene for the “sub-2 hour” marathon mark to fall in the next few years. Simon Angus unpacks his run and its implications for the endurance race into the future.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The result was definitive, a major rebuff for Anthony Albanese and, more important, for the many Indigenous Australians who had put their hopes in what was always a long shot.
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Mitali Mukherjee, University of Oxford
An onslaught of fake videos on social media is relaying confusing and deliberately misleading information about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Robert Goldman, American University
A scholar of the laws of war explores the complex issues raised by Israeli bombing of Gaza in retaliation for the slaughter of its citizens.
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Steven Zhang, University of Helsinki
Groundbreaking study demonstrates how behaviour drives long-term evolution over 20 million years.
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Mend Mariwany, The Conversation
What could the extinction of Neanderthals tell us about our own species? An archaeologist explains in The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Paul D. Terry, University of Tennessee
After a 14-year-old died doing a viral spicy chip challenge, many parents have called for more awareness about the risks of these challenges.
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Simon D Angus, Monash University
Kiptum – and to some extent Kipchoge – have done just enough to make the ‘sub-2’ moment a likely reality in the next few years.
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Priya Chacko, University of Adelaide
Arundhati Roy’s prosecution is just one of a series of actions by Narendra Modi’s government against its opponents – including journalists, activists, students and opposing politicians.
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