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Why do predatory and vanity academic publishers and conferences exist? Why are they flourishing now? And what can they tell us about the failings of academia?
Telstra’s release of an all-in-one streaming service further complicates the television landscape in Australia.
What prompted Turkey’s punishing campaign against both Islamic State and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria? The explanation for this sharp reversal of policy may lie in calculations for fresh elections.
The Bureau of Meteorology recently released for the first time comprehensive national data on recycling and desalination.
What we think we know, don’t know and things that might surprise us about climate change and the environment.
Something similar to E.P. Thompson’s story of England in the first three decades of the 1800s has happened in Australia between the mid-1980s and today.
By forgetting that medicine postpones death rather than saving lives, we persuade ourselves it might somehow keep extending our life and come to view death as a failure of medicine.
Financial stress is more likely to cause Australians to drop out of home ownership. Why?
Kepler-452b’s discovery last week has raised the perennial question: are we alone in the universe? While the find’s scientific import is huge, it also poses questions that go to the heart of religion.
Recent survey data revealed that twice as many parents of public school students reported their children had been bullied compared to private school parents.
If military robots are inevitable, then AI and robotics researchers should work to make them ethical, not retreat by calling for an ineffectual ban.
The aircraft part found on an Indian ocean island is said to be from a Boeing 777 but the challenge now is to determine if the wreckage is from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370.
If you want to kick-start the “electric superhighway” in Queensland then it makes sense to start in a populated area with the busiest traffic.
The term ‘carbon tax’ is a political poison in Australia, thanks to the previous carbon tax which was actually an emissions trading scheme. Yet ironically, many economists prefer a tax over an ETS anyway.
Held annually in venues all over South Australia for the entirety of August, SALA’s magnitude and reach, its extraordinary range of exhibition venues, both conventional and left-of-field, make it unique.
The reduction of brands at major department stores could actually be a good thing for customers.
The immune system protects us from the constant onslaught of viruses, bacteria and other types of pathogens we encounter throughout life. But it can sometimes misbehave.
Adam Goodes’ actions – from his celebratory dance to his decision to temporarily withdraw from the AFL – epitomise the concept of male Indigenous dignity.
Telcos are positioning themselves to be at the top rather than the bottom of the content food chain.
Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel The Dressmaker is about to gain greater recognition thanks to a film adaptation featuring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth. We now know more about how that happened.
Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including Bronwyn Bishop’s entitlements claims and the ministerial reaction to the issue.
The NDIS is a social policy reform that, at its heart, requires an understanding of the lived experience of people with disability.
If GST was added to meat, the government could raise billions of dollars in revenue while also encouraging shoppers to eat more veggies - a lipsmacking prospect for public health and the environment.
Scientists are about to embark on a two month mission to find out how Australia and its reefs coped with climate change in the past, and therefore how it should cope with any future change.