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How do we develop new drugs quickly yet safely? How prepared are we to give up some personal freedoms? And how do we allocate scarce resources? These are just some of the tough questions we face.
The oil deal is a side-show. Australian energy diplomacy instead must grapple with the rapid deployment of renewables.
Miss Fisher is one of Australia’s highest-earning small-screen exports. But it’s biggest success has come from how it built a community of fans.
Remote working is about to surge as companies around the world advise employees to stay away in response to the coronavirus outbreak. But nothing beats the effectiveness of face-to-face interactions.
The US, Russia and China haven’t backed the NZ-led Christchurch Call to crackdown on online extremism. Without them, and key non-western media, the initiative is unlikely to make enough difference.
On-demand public transport has now provided over 1 million rides in 36 trials in various Australian cities. Is the problem of poor suburban public transport on the way to being solved?
The government’s has detailed it stimulus measures, which will include a $25,000 cash flow boost for small and medium-sized businesses.
Health-care workers are our most valuable asset in an outbreak. We must protect them as best we can.
Is Vladimir Putin angling to stay in power after his latest term expires in 2024? There are three possible reasons to explain his move to back a constitutional amendment to reset his term limits.
Stay calm, stick to the facts and talk to your children about your own feelings on the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease.
Five years ago, Facebook gave away personal data of more than 300,000 Australians. They’re about to have their day in court
Both men and women are, on average, more dissatisfied with their relationship when she is the primary breadwinner.
Women who are released from prison need much better, coordinated support to help their transition back into the community without exposing themselves to violence.
Wet and bulky cattle dung is very unlike marsupial dung that Australian dung beetles are adapted to deal with, meaning native dung beetles tend to leave it alone. But help from abroad is at hand.
Award-winning playwright Stephen House turned to poetry to capture glimpses of life. He writes verse until his composition ‘feels right’.
DNA evidence from the Himba society in Namibia overturns ideas about genetic paternity, and about what it means to be a father.
The Art Market 2020 report reveals the global art market was worth US$64.1 billion in 2019. But with cancelled art fairs in Hong Kong, Paris, Berlin and Dubai, what does 2020 hold for the market?
One quarter of Australian workers have no paid sick leave. They are more likely than most to work in service industries, dealing with people face to face.
At the peak of a summer heatwave in Adelaide, an aerial survey of land surface temperatures reveals just how much cooler neighbourhoods with good tree and vegetation cover can be.
Many people with autism experience gastrointestinal problems. Understanding the role and function of the gut in autism could one day allow us to improve quality of life for people with autism.
The intensive mode offers opportunities to enhance student learning. It also risks exhausting academics and students, and leaving students behind. But careful design can mitigate these risks.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide are now 147% above pre-industrial levels, according to a definitive report by the World Meteorological Organisation released today.
The coronavirus outbreak could prove to be the tipping point for remote work arrangements to become the norm.
Rather than unifying the country, it appears the government’s overreach on gun legislation has paved the way for distrust and division.