Nudges, not legislation will drive people to save more for retirement
Apr 07, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Getting Australian workers to save more in order to become more self-reliant in retirement is a policy idea most people understand. Over time there is increasing pressure on government funding of the age pension. In...
The banking sector can do its bit to combat family violence
Apr 07, 2016 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence has laid out a challenge to Australian banks in its recommendations to better respond to victims who are suffering from economic abuse as much as physical, mental and...
Do women take their husband's surname after marriage because of biology?
Apr 07, 2016 05:24 am UTC| Life
Society is gradually shifting towards gender equality. Yet most of us still carry a badge of differential gender roles that is intimately tied up in our identity: our names. Throughout the English-speaking world, most...
Fewer poor students are being enrolled in state universities. Here's why
Apr 07, 2016 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
States have traditionally provided funding for public colleges and universities based on a combination of the number of students enrolled and how much money they were allocated previously. But, in the face of...
'Temptress' Eve, 'prostitute' Mary Magdalene – and the awkward truth about women in The Bible
Apr 07, 2016 03:03 am UTC| Life
The most well-known female biblical characters feel familiar to us because theyre so embedded within our culture. These women are represented in film, music videos, couture collections and featured in everything from plays...
No garden? Five creative ways city dwellers can still grow their own
Apr 05, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Life Nature
With more people than ever living in cities, how do we reconcile our need for fresh fruit and vegetables with the challenges of life in an urban environment where the time and space for gardening are...
Why did early human societies practice violent human sacrifice?
Apr 04, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Life
Illustration of ritualised human sacrifice in traditional Hawaiian culture, as documented by the French explorer and artists Jaques Arago in 1819. Arago, Jacques. (1822). Promenade autour du monde: pendant les années...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects