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The recent crackdown on cryptocurrencies in China is a prelude to the assertion of control over this area by the Chinese authorities.
Warnings are being issued to stay clear of an Indonesian volcano following a series of earthquakes.
Australia’s political donations system remains fragmented, but proposed reforms in Victoria are a good step forward.
New Zealand’s health service provides universal and free access to health care, but inequities remain stubbornly high.
Dried and frozen fruit contain more sugar than their fresh equivalents. So, why do we think they’re healthy?
Kurt Cobain killed himself a week before this album was due to come out. It became a perfect soundtrack to Gen X’s grief and with its raw, angry, feminist-inspired, grunge sound, remains a classic.
At a time of increasing threat of nuclear war, a historic treaty to ban nuclear weapons might provide a much-needed panacea.
The new series of Australian banknotes are not a designer’s dream but they are the strongest yet in terms of preventing counterfeiting.
There are local, practical implications linked to failed advancement of infrastructure projects that rely on expertise in space. Protecting Australia’s water is just one example.
Imagine the Earth pulling everything it is made up of, all of its mass, towards its centre. This happens evenly all over the Earth, causing it to take on a round shape.
New research has found a marked increase in people, particularly among women over 50, who are building or want to build a tiny house. However, inflexible planning rules often stand in their way.
Evacuating nursing home residents during a disaster can be even more dangerous than staying put.
A new exhibition features more than 50 works by Fred Williams, centred on the You Yangs peaks, west of Melbourne. They illuminate a breakthrough moment in Australian art.
Vietnam has been hit by its fiercest storm in a decade, bringing home the reality of the risks faced by many poor and vulnerable people in flood-prone regions around the world.
Parents need support from early childhood educators to build capacity to claim for NDIS services.
The first generation of medical artificial intelligence systems are already rolling out to clinics. What are the plus- and down-sides?
Indigenous youth are over-representation in juvenile detention centres, and excluding them from education could make this worse.
A new book attempts to cloak Tony Abbott in a political philosophy, but is not entirely convincing.
It’s still possible to hit the more ambitious of the two Paris global warming goals, according to a new estimate of the global carbon budget. But it sure won’t be easy, and we need to start now.
The speed of light is of great advantage when sending data over the internet, but it is a real challenge to master on a small chip. A new design offers a solution: convert the energy to sound.
Here’s how reporting of the world’s first specific advice on reducing inactivity at work has overplayed the role of standing desks.
The Australian prime ministership has never been easy, but the most successful tenures have been those in which the person has matched the circumstances.
Australia has more than 200 Big Things, from the heritage-listed Pineapple to a giant Captain Cook. What are we to do with these structures as they age and decay? And should we be building new ones?
About 10% of empty dwellings on census night – 1.2% of all housing – were available for rental and vacancy rates have changed little in 35 years. Could governments be overreacting?