Iran's Rouhani may now control parliament, but do his economic reforms stand a chance?
May 27, 2016 06:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his policies are set to get a boost this week after voters elected a parliament that favors reform. While Rouhanis reformists didnt win a majority of seats, it appears likely that...
Finding solitude in an era of perpetual contact
May 27, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Life
Being alone has many benefits. It grants freedom in thought and action. It boosts creativity. It offers a terrain for the imagination to roam. Solitude also enriches our connections with others by providing perspective,...
May 27, 2016 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Facial expressions are important parts of how we communicate and how we develop impressions of the people around us. In The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin proposed that facial expressions evolved...
Sluggish business investment shows caution is king
May 27, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Antarctica may not be as isolated as we thought, and that's a worry
May 27, 2016 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
For a long time, we have thought of Antarctica as isolated from the rest of the world. The continent is entirely surrounded by the Southern Ocean, which heaves with giant waves whipped up by intense winds, and is home to...
More competition may not be the answer to reforming the aged care system
May 27, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
More competition in the delivery of human services, as recommended by the Harper Inquiry, is likely to increase the variety of services available, the reduce the price of services and may encourage innovation. However,...
Children with sexualised behaviours need support, not silence and stigma
May 27, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Reports of coercive sex acts among small children quite understandably provoke strong and broad ranging reactions. The case of a child in grade one performing sex acts on other children in a Victorian primary school...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects