Friday essay: how ancient beliefs in underwater worlds can shed light in a time of rising sea levels
A submerged coconut palm on Kadavu Island, Fiji. Ethan Daniels/shutterstock Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast The small...
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Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know
Shutterstock Mairin Hennebry-Leung, University of Tasmania; Andy Bown, University of Tasmania, and Megan Short, University of Tasmania This article is...
Indian coronavirus variant – what is it and what effect will it have?
Q+A: Indian coronavirus variant – what is it and what effect will it have? Grace C Roberts, Queen's University Belfast...
Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics
Jonathan Ritchie, Deakin University Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and a giant of...
Australia Day, Invasion Day or Survival Day
Toxicity swirls around January 26, but we can change the nation with a Voice to parliament Lukas Coch/AAP Megan Davis,...
Biden officially confirmed after a “failed insurrection”
'Delighting in causing complete chaos': what's behind Trump supporters' brazen storming of the Capitol David Smith, University of Sydney After...
Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
Regina Scheyvens, Massey University and Apisalome Movono, Massey University Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19,...
Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?
What factors contribute to some places having many, while other places have few? VLADGRIN/Shutterstock.com Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Universidade Federal...
The race to digitise language records of the Pacific region before it is too late
John Z'graggen’s tapes from Madang. Nick Thieberger, CC BY-NC-SA Nick Thieberger, The University of Melbourne A suitcase of reel-to-reel audio...
