Before the fall: How oldsters can avoid one of old age's most dangerous events
Sep 24, 2018 07:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Baby boomers, who once viewed themselves as the coolest generation in history, are now turning their thoughts away from such things as partying and touring alongside rock bands to how to they can stay healthy as they age....

Sexual assault among adolescents: 6 facts
Sep 24, 2018 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Christine Blasey Fords account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers is provoking both informed and uninformed comment from politicians. Still more private...

1980s Berlin comes to life in Welcome the Bright World's quest for 'truth'
Sep 24, 2018 07:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Review: Welcome the Bright World, Adelaide. Performance group House of Sand, in collaboration with the State Theatre Company of South Australia, has mounted an ambitious production of Stephen Sewells work, Welcome the...
When gold prices go up, so does the cost of a dowry – and baby girl survival rates in India fall
Sep 24, 2018 07:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
When world gold prices go up, fewer girl babies in India survive the first month of life, according to our new research. My colleagues and I suggest that this is linked to gold often being part of bridal dowries in India ...

Gurus, gas attacks and pubic hair: the strange history of Japan's new religions
Sep 24, 2018 07:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
This summer, Japan finally executed six long-imprisoned former members of the now-banned radical religious group Aum Shinrikyo. All of them had taken part in the groups notorious 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway...
Labour conference: a major stress test for the 'broad church'
Sep 24, 2018 07:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
Jeremy Corbyn has promised Labour MPs that their party will remain a broad church. This years Labour Party conference will no doubt test that commitment. The Labour Party, MP Gerald Kaufman wrote in 1966, would not be...
The Catholic Church is a rich male collective
Sep 24, 2018 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Im a typical sociologist, meaning I am skeptical about religion and human spirituality. Although I attended Catholic Church as a small child, I could see the hypocrisy, even as a child. I rejected that religion at an early...