I have an exam tomorrow but don't feel prepared – what should I do?

Oct 31, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

You have an exam tomorrow and youre not feeling prepared. With only a few waking hours to go, how is it best you spend your time? To pass tomorrows exam, cramming might help you write more on the paper than you would...

DIYers create one-of-a-kind Halloween costume for 10-year-old in a wheelchair

Oct 30, 2018 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

This Halloween, Émile will have a Halloween costume for his wheelchair, thanks to Montréal makers who are getting together to create a dragon in his castle. Last Halloween, Émile was saddened because...

Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire

Oct 28, 2018 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The story of Count Dracula as many of us know it was created by Bram Stoker, an Irishman, in 1897. But most of the action takes place in England, from the moment the Transylvanian vampire arrives on a shipwrecked vessel in...

Are the ‘non-religious’ becoming the new religion?

Oct 28, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In countries where citizens are asked to indicate their religion either in censuses or in surveys questioning religious affiliation, it has long been common practice to propose a list of possible answers, the last item on...

Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels

Oct 28, 2018 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Jaime Gongora, Associate Professor, Animal and Wildlife Genetics and Genomics, University of Sydney When you hear beauty pageants you probably think of human women (and men) competing. However, a series of pageants on...

If you're white and thinking of being Black for Halloween, just don't

Oct 28, 2018 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Once again, another racist incident about blackface has made headlines. This time it surrounds NBC host Megyn Kelly, who apologized both on air and in a memo to colleagues after her on-air comments defending racist...

Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)

Oct 28, 2018 12:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

More than one-third of Australians energy intake comes from junk foods. Known as discretionary foods, these include biscuits, chips, ice-cream and alcohol. For those aged 51-70, alcoholic drinks account for more than...