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With increasing human pressure on the environment, how can we save wildlife while lifting people out of poverty? A new manifesto argues for using technology to intensify energy and agriculture.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and other crimes in the Darfur conflict, failed to attend the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration…
There must be an easier way to rescue and reuse a rocket after the latest attempt by SpaceX ended in failure, again.
Once upon a time heroes were solitary creatures but in Age of Ultron the Avengers jostle for space on the screen. Equipped with all manner of weapons and special powers, they are odd advocates for tranquility.
The Climate Change Authority has recommended Australia cut greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2000 levels by 2025. While sensible, the government is unlikely to accept, and the target misses bigger opportunities to cut emissions.
Australia’s federal and state leaders have pledged “urgent collective action” on violence against women. But a closer look at COAG’s new action plan reveals we’re already years behind on key measures.
The arrival of Netflix in Australia has brought into sharp relief the GST base erosion problem caused by global digital commerce. Along with the non-taxation of low-value imported goods, the absence of…
The tax package recently announced by the Federal Labor party is clearly well intentioned but it misses the point about multinationals paying their fair share.
Two new forms of online harassment, ‘doxxing’ and ‘swatting’, are increasing in frequency. Here’s how to protect yourself from them.
Well-known muscle paralyser found to travel into the central nervous system.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the spiritual and political head of IS, is a clever theologian and Qur’anic artisan. We would do well to better our own interfaith theological understanding.
Should we shelter our children from our money woes, or do they need to know about money from an early age?
What causes the wild weather that’s hit Sydney and central New South Wales over the past 24 hours?
Star Wars is not a complete picture of human life, but is a way of pointing us to contemplate and live life more authentically.
With more people using the web from hand-held devices the search giant Google wants you to see more mobile-friendly websites.
Most crime in NSW has been declining since the early 2000s, and the state’s current murder rate is half what it was in 1988. So why is the NSW prison population growing?
The 100 basis points cut by the People’s Bank of China is as much as about containing unregulated credit within China as a bolster to slowing growth.
Climate and weather models have come far in recent decades, and Australia has one of the best.
The recent furore about academic standards in Australian higher education – including Monday’s damning Four Corners expose – has the potential to bring not only desperately needed attention, but actual change, to the sector.
There is a complicated story involving the Anzac legend and the left between the 1920s and the 1960s which historians have barely begun to untangle.
A study published today in the leading journal Addiction might just change everything for electronic cigarettes
With the release of some universities’ annual reports over the last few weeks we’re able to see how the universities are really faring. Is the financial situation really as dire as vice-chancellors say, as rosy as their detractors say, or somewhere in between?
The Queensland Police will now disclose all sponsorships, after a backlash over almost A$700,000 in unnamed donations. But what are the lessons from elsewhere about police and corporate donors?
Queenslanders and Victorians with particular chronic illnesses will be eligible to join New South Wales medicinal cannabis trials, due to start mid next year.