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Graffiti and street art are not just a backdrop in Pokémon Go but also a template for how to navigate urban space. Indeed lovers of street art have long played their own kind of multi-player game, with sites and rewards hidden across the city.
For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.
Australia will face stiff competition from other countries, such as the US and UK, so it must have a clear strategy for how to deepen its engagement with India’s higher education sector.
Will merging the environment and energy portfolios result in joined-up thinking, or one set of ideas steamrollering the other?
Curing HIV – or at least achieving long-term remission – is possible, under the right circumstances.
The reputation of Australia’s winemarkers is at risk because of the way taxes and subsidies distort the industry.
The new Senate vote capture system had to be built rapidly, with little time for design or testing, and is being operated in a way that allows only part of the process to be scrutinised.
Sydney’s Garden Palace, which burned to the ground in 1882, was a monument to empire’s glory. Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones is now working on an epic exhibition that will explore this historical epoch from an Aboriginal perspective.
A citizens’ jury has been working to refresh the Future Melbourne strategy. It’s part of a broader shift from government decision-making for communities to decision-making with communities.
If blockchains can deliver on supply chain transparency it could revolutionise the food industry.
Before we can understand night terrors and nightmares, we need to understand normal sleep.
A new baby is life-changing for all parents, but for those whose babies are born too early, the challenges can be immense.
Legislating against racial and religious vilification is highly fraught, as the ongoing debate around Section 18C has demonstrated, and unlikely to become less so any time soon.
New studies on the quality of published research shows we could be wasting billions of dollars a year on bad science, to the neglect of good science projects.
Hoping for the best is not a budget management strategy: but Australia can set realistic goals.
Rural workplaces often tacitly encourage excessive drinking and even drugtaking.
Ira Glass’ trademark intensely personal storytelling takes on a new life in his dance/radio hybrid, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host.
It’s not just about finding money for things like solar panels – poorer households can also find it harder to gain access to reliable information about the green energy options they do have.
Research and development investment remains stagnant in Australia. It’s time for a new, long-term strategy for research.
Much of the current research in quantum computing involves work at close to absolute zero. A simple breakthough with an everyday material could see them work at more acceptable temperatures.
Our skin is a water-containing barrier that protects us from our environment.
High-speed rail is now a well-established technology and Australia needs it, as long as the project ticks all the boxes needed to deliver both private and public benefits.
Was new Senator Derryn Hinch right to say on Q&A that voting is only compulsory in Australia and Belgium, and that 90% of New Zealanders vote even though it’s voluntary?
Describing someone as ‘hysterical’ associates them with traits long deemed feminine – being overly emotional, out-of-control and irrational. If levelled against a male, the charge would impugn his manliness.