“Toxic masculinity” has been used to explain everything from the election of Donald Trump to why Ross from Friends is awful. But what does it actually mean?
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Explainer
Displaying 21 - 40 of 544 articles
An economist provides insight into how inflation is measured, where it comes from and how it is impacting Canadians and the economy at large.
We often talk about ‘emotional labour’ as performed by those who take on the emotional workload within families or relationships. But the term has a specific meaning – and that’s not what it is.
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s brilliant early work has had a lasting influence on philosophy, though almost no one has agreed with his conclusions – not even Wittgenstein himself.
What is the electricity grid and how does it work? How are energy supply and prices determined? An expert breaks down a few of the terms and ideas underpinning Australia’s energy crisis.
Far from a mild disease, the flu can cause serious illness and death, particularly among children and older age groups. The flu vaccine isn’t perfect, but it’s the best way to protect yourself.
Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns, and why the FTC urges you to use caution.
The late Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh popularized the contemplative practice around the world.
As a GP, bad headaches are among the most common topics I’m asked about. Here’s how you can assess whether to stay home, see a doctor — or head straight to emergency.
With mask-wearing and kids out of school last winter, viral upper respiratory infections decreased. However, clinicians have seen a return of respiratory viruses this summer and ear infections are up too.
NSW MP Victor Dominello has said he has Bell’s palsy, after appearing at a press conference this week with what he described as a ‘droopy eye’. So, what is Bell’s palsy and how is it treated?
Any attempt to restore an Islamic emirate is likely to cost the Tablian international recognition, legitimacy and aid. This will weaken its prospect of consolidating its hold internally.
Flood plain statistics can be confusing. There are better ways to think about the risk of severe weather than 100-year storm or flood.
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
Extremist groups like the Proud Boys get white supremacy into headlines. But all white people benefit from white supremacy, whether they know it or not.
Onlookers who recognized the flag wondered why the mostly white mob had ‘coopted’ Vietnamese history. But Vietnamese Americans are Trump supporters, too, some driven by a potent fear of socialism.
It’s the part of coronavirus that helps the virus get into your cells – and also the target of the leading vaccines.
The ins and outs of a fiercely contested defamation case.
Before pilot Charles Taylor and company mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945, Taylor had to be rescued from the Pacific Ocean twice.
Decolonisation is restorative justice through cultural, psychological and economic freedom.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
-
Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Dermatology, The University of Melbourne
-
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
-
Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
-
Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
-
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter, University of Adelaide
-
John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University
-
Project Manager; Centre for Advanced Training Systems, University of Newcastle
-
CBRN defence scientist, Charles Darwin University
-
Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
-
Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
-
Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
-
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
