How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair
Light helps explains the evolution of our skin colour, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light ...
What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?
Chinese learners achieve remarkable success levels compared to their Western peers. But it’s not simply based on rote ...
A tale of unhappy families summons the fierce politics of Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red
At the heart of Erdrich’s novel is the centrality of family and the way unhappiness itself can be deeply political.
Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible
As Australia’s domestic reliance on coal falls, our exports are bigger than ever – and new coal approvals suggest this won’t ...
Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?
A Queensland tribunal has ruled it is not discriminatory for a school to require girls to wear a skirt at formal events.
It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school
Most schools are only ventilated using windows, which are often closed. Installing high-filtration air conditioning would cut ...
A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet
Australia’s proposal to bar young people from social media faces similar issues to the ‘clean feed’ internet filter abandoned ...
Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases
Infectious disease control in neonatal units is often reactive, only after several babies fall ill at the same time.
Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia
Simplistic comparisons are misleading. Calculations based on the mix of electric and fossil-fuelled cars actually on our ...
What are executive function delays? Research shows they’re similar in ADHD and autism
Executive function delays affect skills such as as paying attention, switching attention, controlling impulses and ...
B.C. election tells the tale of two British Columbias divided along ideological fault lines
The too-close-to-call B.C. election results show the deep ideological and geographical divisions in the province.
In the U.S. presidential election, religious groups are more divided than we think
The apparent unity of certain religious groups hides a denominational vote that is sharply divided, particularly along ethnic ...