Epstein files reveal the power – and peril – of online sleuths doing the government’s workOliver Alfred Guidetti, University of Wollongong
Amanda Seyfried’s ‘prosthetic butthole’ isn’t a joke – costuming nudity is important for actorsEmily Brayshaw, University of Technology Sydney
‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in AustraliaAndrew J. May, The University of Melbourne
‘I want someone submissive’: Married At First Sight gives the manosphere a prime time slotClaudia Young, The University of Melbourne
What this year’s Tropfest winning film tells us about mothers in the screen industrySheree Gregory, University of Newcastle and Michelle O'Shea, Western Sydney University
Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery in mega deal: the winners, losers and Trump’s man in the middleLiam Burke, Swinburne University of Technology
Jimpa lovingly follows in the tradition of artwork about fathers who came out of the closetCatherine Freyne, University of Technology Sydney
The 2026 Adelaide Biennial, titled Yield Strength, requires slow looking and quiet considerationCatherine Speck, Adelaide University
A 2,850-year-old mass grave in Serbia reveals a shift in prehistoric violenceBarry Molloy, University College Dublin and Linda Fibiger, University of Edinburgh
How to whistle: the art and history of our shrillest skillWendy Hargreaves, University of Southern Queensland
Amanda Seyfried nails bits of the 1700s Manchester accent in The Testament of Ann Lee – a linguist explainsDanielle Turton, Lancaster University
The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainerAlessandro Meregaglia, Boise State University
‘I am the tea’: how Violet Bridgerton is making us rethink female pleasure after 40Bridgette Glover, University of New England
Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?Ellie Crookes, University of Wollongong
Reality check: America’s Next Top Model docuseries never apologises for abuse of contestantsRebecca Trelease, Auckland University of Technology
Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptationBenjamin D. Muir, Western Sydney University
There have been 58 royal arrests in UK history – Charles I was not the last before Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorGonzalo Velasco Berenguer, University of Bristol
How bird poo fuelled the rise of Peru’s powerful Chincha KingdomJo Osborn, Texas A&M University; Emily Milton, Smithsonian Institution, and Jacob L. Bongers, University of Sydney
Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years – far longer than we thoughtEmlyn Dodd, School of Advanced Study, University of London; Macquarie University
Sydney’s Biennale theme, ‘rememory’, urges us to confront trauma – now more relevant than everRodney Taveira, University of Sydney and Ava Kalinauskas, University of Sydney
Dance scenes in South African rock art: a closer look at ritual, music and movementJoshua Kumbani, University of Tübingen and Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Universitat de Barcelona
Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin withAnna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina
Rediscovered photograph sheds light on Jeanne Duval – Manet’s Lady with a FanMaria C. Scott, University of Exeter
‘Buy it nice or buy it twice’: what the ‘frugal chic’ trend tells us about our clothing habitsLorinda Cramer, Deakin University
TikTokers are ‘becoming Chinese’ in a new trend that’s part parody and part politicsJustine Poplin, Southern Cross University
Forgiveness isn’t always easy, but studies show it can help you flourishRichard G. Cowden, Harvard University
Gambling for children? Why Australia should consider regulating blind box toys like LabubuCésar Albarrán-Torres, Swinburne University of Technology and Jessica Balanzategui, RMIT University
Charli XCX turned Wuthering Heights into a sonic gothic masterpieceLillian Hingley, University of Oxford
What Kate Nash’s grassroots music protest reveals about touring and streamingPaul G. Oliver, Edinburgh Napier University
5 New Zealand music acts keeping te reo Māori alive and rockingRebecca J Evans, Auckland University of Technology and Thomas Watts, Auckland University of Technology
From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest musicPanizza Allmark, Edith Cowan University and Jon Stratton, Adelaide University
Trump wants to shutter the Kennedy Center for 2 years – here’s what that portendsE. Andrew Taylor, American University
How NZ streaming costs and choices could change after the epic Netflix-Paramount battle for Warner BrosRachel Daniels, Auckland University of Technology
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step inWellett Potter, University of New England
Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema?Liam Burke, Swinburne University of Technology
You know you’re alive with Simon Burke in full flight on stage in The Elocution of Benjamin FranklinCymbeline Buhler King, Western Sydney University
What is Shen Yun, the Chinese dance troupe connected to the bomb threat at the Lodge?Haiqing Yu, RMIT University
70 years of ‘the Doll’: how Ray Lawler’s trilogy offers a strikingly bold vision for our futureAndrew Starner, Australian Catholic University
Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate ageSarah Austin, The University of Melbourne