People with dementia and financial abuse – the warning signs and how to avoid it
Aug 14, 2018 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When most of us go online to our internet banking account and set up a direct debit to pay a bill, we probably do it swiftly without much thought. But in reality its not that easy. In fact, there are a lot of complex...
Abbott and Turnbull shape up for another round of an old battle
Aug 14, 2018 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Coalition party room on Tuesday is set for a high stakes, quite personal battle between Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull over the National Energy Guarantee, with former and current prime ministers shaping up on...
Is there such a thing as an objectively 'bad' song?
Aug 14, 2018 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Everyone has a song which irritates the hell out of them but Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus was found by one 2005 study to have been nominated most often as the worst song ever. The authors, academics from New...
Designed to deceive: How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain
Aug 14, 2018 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
To call gambling a game of chance evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80 percent of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime....
Saudi women can drive, but are their voices being heard?
Aug 14, 2018 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on womens driving. The move is part of a series of reforms that the country has been implementing. In April the kingdom loosened male guardianship laws under...
Immigration activists fighting to abolish ICE have a bigger vision
Aug 14, 2018 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Theres a phrase being thrown around a lot these days: Abolish ICE. Its a hashtag, its used in political speeches and demonstrations, and it appears all over Facebook. What does it mean and where did it come from? ICE...
A socialist's primary win doesn't herald a workers revolution in the US
Aug 14, 2018 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Anyone anticipating a golden dawn of Marxist-Leninist communism soon in the United States might have to wait a while longer perhaps forever. The surprise victory of socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over longtime...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects