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The universe looks very different with X-ray vision, revealing some of the most energetic interactions in our galaxy. Japan’s new Hitomi telescope will help us see these wonders.
They claim to be new-age feminist, but pop stars like Beyonce and Taylor Swift have – even if unintentionally – reinvented feminism as “getting paid” and “being sexy”.
Some scientists refuse to debate or appear with those they consider to be unscientific. But is this the best approach to combat anti-science narratives?
The defence white paper is silent on where Australia’s new fleet of 12 submarines will be acquired.
Liberal MP Dennis Jensen’s comments about the ‘noble savage’ lifestyle tap into a centuries-old stereotype about Indigenous people.
Oscar nominated documentary The Look of Silence follows an optometrist whose brother was killed in Indonesia’s 1965 massacre. But to understand the bigger picture, viewers should watch its prequels.
With incidence of elder abuse, mostly within families, on the rise, the government is looking for much-needed legislative measures to combat it.
The Italian government tried to limit the type of companies that could use crowd-sourced funding with poor results, Australia can learn from this.
Australia’s political system would be better off with more ordinary people and fewer career party politicians in the Senate. It would thus be more representative of ordinary Australians, not less.
The potential harms associated with using cannabis depend, above all others, on two things: the age at which you first begin to use cannabis and the frequency, dose and duration of use.
Rather than redressing inequality, universities are exacerbating it. They need to take radical steps to turn this around and offer better education across the socio-economic spectrum.
By artificially going ‘back in time’ to more alkaline ocean conditions, researchers have shown the damage that ocean acidification is already doing to the Great Barrier Reef.
Farms on Sydney’s fringes supply 20% of the city’s food. That could drop by more than half if urban sprawl isn’t kept in check.
The rest of society won’t see the benefits of innovation until governments figure out a way to effectively tax the knowledge economy.
Behind the corporations legally avoiding paying tax are the big four accounting firms, helping them avoid transparency.
Australia’s connection to the internet continues to grow but there are still 1.3 million households not online.
The Melbourne Art Fair’s steadfast refusal to move with the times was a factor in its surprise demise.
As part of a strategy to eliminate violence against women, a new ad uses a series of photographs depicting young men who have assaulted their girlfriends.
Energy companies are realising that, in light of the Paris climate deal, the economics are starting to line up in favour of climate action, not against it.
Fairfax’s Domain is closing the gap on its rival REA, in a game where there’s usually one winner.
Australian citizens make up one of the largest groups entering the UK each year for work or study. But this could change as Australians get swept up in Britain’s efforts to reduce net migration.
There’s no evidence to say legalising commercial surrogacy here would stop people from going overseas where it’s probably cheaper and there may be less regulation.
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says the government has been appallingly bad at negotiating with the crossbench.
BHP’s board has navigated well through mining’s highs and lows and still passed the shareholder value test.