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The priorities of science are being influenced less by government policy and academia, and more by the priorities of the philanthropic giver.
It is possible to use small spaces such as transport corridors, verges and the edges of sporting grounds for native wildlife habitat restoration, helping to bring biodiversity back into cities.
2016 has been a long year, but it’ll be made slightly longer care of a leap second. But why do we need such things?
If you want to stick to your New Year’s resolutions, a behaviourist’s approach might help you create and keep new, healthy habits.
While a lot of slang words come and go (‘good riddance’, ‘amazeballs’), others endure. And exactly why that happens is something of a mystery.
We take a closer look at some of the common claims made this year to see if there is any truth to them.
Many leading Australian artists have benefitted from a Samstag scholarship. But who were the Samstags and what motivated them to create this legacy?
Why don’t more of Australia’s urban residents swim in city rivers? History provides a guide to reclaiming these important urban assets as public spaces.
The institutions that once allowed us to pull ahead may soon be the reason we fall behind.
If your friends undermine your decision not to drink, don’t be offended. They’re probably just dealing with their own insecurity about their drinking.
All dingoes are ginger, right? Nope. They don’t bark? Wrong again. And they’re ultimately just wild dogs? Well, that’s trickier, but for conservation purposes the answer is still basically no.
VR cinema explodes the frame, placing the spectator inside the space of the film. Audiences effectively edit it themselves, by choosing what to look at and when.
This is what really works to beat the bite of summer mosquitoes!
Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics.
The people of Geelong are connecting with their industrial past as the city undergoes a community-led creative transformation.
Gonski funding was scrapped and the vocational education sector got a new student loan system. Here’s what else happened in education this year…
Many parents love sharing photos of their children on social media. But they should stop and think about how it might affect their children, now and in the future.
The present Australian social security and welfare system can be viewed as a UBI scheme with exceptions for people who don’t need it.
No longer a smoke-and-mirrors spectacle enjoyed on a grand scale, entertainment is now indivisible from our daily life. From cricket matches to blockbuster shows, amusement is the name of the game.
In a year of coral bleaching, power blackouts, electricity arguments and Donald Trump, 2016 made the previous year’s climate of environmental optimism rather difficult to maintain.
Bald-faced lies are fairly rare in Australian politics but, in 2016, weasel-words and cherry-picking were common. Politicians and public figures are experts at disguising opinion and ideology as fact.
Many great artists died in 2016: Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Paul Cox, Shirley Hazzard. It was a year of creative foment and as always, intense debate about the importance of the arts to a thriving, democratic society.
All over the country, novice drone pilots are launching their new Christmas presents skywards. But do they all know the rules? Here’s a primer.
Seawater has been used to treat skin problems, sinuses and mental health issues for centuries. And the evidence largely stacks up.