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The video streaming industry has reached a tipping point.
The shockingly poor exam results indicate underlying structural issues that extend far beyond the realm of individual student performance.
Comparisons have been made to the 1989 demonstrations that led to the Tiananmen Square massacre. An expert on Chinese protests explains why that is half right.
Protests in China, while not super rare, tend to be highly localised. But these anti-lockdown protests have triggered a more national response.
I watched little ravens line their nests with messmate stringy bark last spring. Here’s what birds might seek your garden trees this year.
We found men managed to bounce back quicker after lockdowns ended, in part due to their involvement in sporting and recreational activities.
The British prime minister, his wife and the chancellor of the exchequer are all in legal trouble over lockdown gatherings.
Friendship networks shrank during lockdowns. As we re-engage, how do we get our old friends back? And which do we want back?
Pandemic politics have continually raised questions about emergency powers and freedom.
Across the country, South Africans were stepping up to support one another in ways we have rarely seen.
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Professor, Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Director, China Studies Centre, Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Science, California State University, Long Beach
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Deakin University
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Strategic Media Management, Bournemouth University
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Directeur de recherche au Laboratoire des science du climat et de l’environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA); Université Paris-Saclay; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay; Académie des sciences