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Yes, we’re in a ‘new normal’, so the best thing to do is improve understanding of high-frequency trading.
There’s no single region in the brain responsible for all moral decision making. But neuroscience research has shown specific brain regions are involved when we’re faced with moral dilemmas.
The Bachelor is the perfect screen depiction of the male fantasy of scantily clad women pillow-fighting for his affections.
The Book Council of Australia began to take shape last week when MUP director Louise Adler was announced as its chair. But what is its purpose, and how will it embrace the industry’s new voices?
Outdoor air pollution causes 3.3 million premature deaths a year, mainly in Asia. And without policies to cut particulate pollution from traffic, industry and home biofuels, the deaths could double by 2050.
A survey of OECD nations puts Australia 18th out of 34 on progress towards the world’s new sustainability goals. It scores well on quality of life, but lets itself down on - you guessed it - climate.
A new detector built deep underground in a gold mine will hopefully unravel the mystery of dark matter.
What is it like to be a woman working in the sciences? While there are hurdles to overcome, there are joys as well. The new SAGE initiative hopes to make STEM even more amenable to women.
Oil and gas companies usually try to minimise sovereign risk. But in chasing a merger in politically volatile Papua New Guinea, Woodside shows this is now trumped by its desperation for cheap gas assets.
The First Fleet had three layovers on its voyage to Australia – one was Rio de Janeiro. As Australia and Brazil celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations, it’s worth remembering this encounter.
As Western nations increasingly focus elsewhere, the battle for Afghanistan rages on.
Most people in western societies die in hospital or in institutional care. Keeping death out of sight and out of mind means few people have real experience of death and dying.
Malcolm Turnbull has drawn on his experience in the IT industry to create a new vision of ‘agile’ government.
New research shows entrepreneurship among older Australians is delivering interesting results.
Three important claims against Malcolm Turnbull are emerging. Labor may achieve some traction on them if it plays its cards right.
New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has stressed the importance of embracing ‘disruptive’ technologies that shake up existing business models. Solar power and battery storage is one of the most enticing options.
There’s no shortage of economic reform options on the table for the Turnbull government, the question is, can it convince the electorate?
Australian colonial rule and its legacy tend to be neglected, but as Papua New Guinea marks 40 years of independence the nation is still living with the consequences.
Recent events in Mexico’s drug war could easily have been depicted in Don Winslow’s twin novels The Power of the Dog and The Cartel. Drug war capitalism is, at times, stranger than fiction.
With 900,000 Australians expected to be living with dementia by 2050, these are the types of questions more and more children will be asking as they come to know someone living with dementia.
Perhaps because we all need sleep, we have an enduring interest in sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, which causes a constant irrepressible need for sleep.
Teenagers are more interested in gadgets and flashy desig in their first car than they are about safety features. So how do we make them think safety is important?
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the Liberal leadership spill and Malcolm Turnbull’s ascent to the prime ministership.
Now Malcolm Turnbull has given up the post to become Prime Minister, what are the challenges ahead for the new Communications Minister to deal with Australia’s National Broadband Network?