Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
Oct 04, 2016 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Consumers are confident they understand the contract they sign when buying a smartphone, but our research shows they dont comprehend these documents very much at all. In fact the more information they are provided with the...
Stop sending climate consultants to poor countries – invest in universities instead
Oct 04, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
As we edge closer to global consensus on climate change and the need to reduce emissions, the focus has moved from debating the science or the need for global action to the responsibility of individual countries to provide...
Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
Oct 04, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It is often remarked that Americans will elect almost anyone except an atheist. Only one of the 535 members of the current Congress professes to be religiously unaffiliated. Polls consistently show Americans want their...
Cities in the sky: how do we decide where this urban journey is taking us?
Oct 04, 2016 07:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Australian cities are inherently diverse places, but that diversity can lead to conflict between different values about what cities should and can be. Our series, Conflict in the City, brings together urban researchers to...
Trump, the media & the populist politics of the pogrom
Oct 04, 2016 07:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The coming of the Internet, and the global spread of social media, has triggered a period of intensifying cultural chaos. The global consequences are profound. Short term, the digital communications revolution has...
Can Trump create millions of jobs? Don't bet on it
Oct 04, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Donald Trump claims he should be president in part because he has succeeded at creating jobs and businesses. While the foundation of his business empire was in New York real estate and construction thanks to a...
Canada's strong July GDP points to healthy economic momentum for Q3
Oct 03, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Canadian real GDP grew by 0.5 percent in July, adding to Junes 0.6 percent gain. The July GDP gain exceeded economists consensus of 0.3 percent. The strong July result was mainly driven by a continued recovery in oil...
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