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Australia must protect future Olympians from abuse

August 22, 2024

By Dr Victoria Roberts Published on August 22, 2024 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has called Paris 2024 the ‘youthful games’, embracing sports closely associated with youth, like skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. Paris 2024 is also the first iteration of the Olympic Games to operate under a comprehensive integrity framework. This framework tackles the pervasive problem of abuse in sport, demonstrating the IOC’s commitment to promote and respect human rights.

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Rise in e-scooter-related brain injuries highlights the need for new treatments

August 20, 2024

By Professor Peter Crack Published on August 20, 2024 Since their e-scooter trial began in 2022, Victorians have rapidly adopted this low-carbon, highly accessible, lower-cost mode of transport. Although e-scooter hire was recently banned in Melbourne’s CBD, the trial continues in the inner suburbs in addition to an estimated 100,000 and growing, privately owned e-scooters in Victoria. Unfortunately, this is linked to a steep rise in emergency department hospitalisations.

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Why do food and drink taste different in space?

August 16, 2024

By Claudia Gonzalez Viejo Published on August 16, 2024 Space radiation. Microgravity. Space junk. Lack of tasty food. At around 400 kilometres above the Earth’s surface, with experiments to conduct and a space station to maintain, you might not expect to see the quality of food on a list of an astronaut’s concerns. But in space, astronauts report that their taste buds change, affecting what food they find enjoyable, and in turn, what nutrients their body receives.

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Climate change is supercharging the world’s wildfires

August 14, 2024

By Dr Hamish Clarke Published on August 14, 2024 Around 8 million hectares of bush were destroyed by Australia's Black Summer fires. Picture: Eddy SummersIn 2023-2024, carbon emissions from wildfires globally were 16 per cent above average. Picture: Alan DanielsThe smoking gun of climate changeThe report found that climate change makes the chances of extreme fire events in Canada, the western Amazon area and Greece more likely. Fire weather – which is characterised by hot, dry conditions – has shifted significantly in all three of these regions if we compare the risks to a world without climate change.

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Where’s the ‘honour’ in an ‘honour killing’?

August 13, 2024

By Anna Hardy Published on August 13, 2024 Earlier this year, a father defended the attempted so-called ‘honour killing’ of his own daughter in South Australia’s Supreme Court with the chilling words – “she deserved it”. Incidents like this force us to confront a deeply unsettling question: How could any parent forsake their most fundamental instinct – the safety of their own child – in the name of ‘honour’?

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