Can a lack of love be deadly?

May 20, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

I taught myself about orphanages 12 years ago, not actually because of my work as a human biologist but because of my daughter. She was born in 2004 and her first 14 months of life were spent in an orphanage in China. I...

Climate Change Series

How rapid urbanisation is changing the profile of wildlife in cities

May 20, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural ones. Africa and Asia are urbanising faster than any other regions in the world. By 2050, 66% of the worlds population is projected to be urban. For example, Nigeria...

Urban density matters – but what does it mean?

May 20, 2016 04:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

In debates about urban density we often find comments about buildings being too tall or not tall enough, about too many people in a neighbourhood or too few, about streets and buildings being overcrowded or empty. We...

Uber should take its lead from Thomas Cook’s battle with Victorian Britain

May 20, 2016 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

App-based ride company Uber has been battling the establishment around the world, from traditional black taxi drivers in London to regulators in Australia. But Uber is far from the first upstart travel company to rock the...

Millennials at work don't see themselves as millennials

May 20, 2016 04:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Reading the headlines on Gen Y, Gen X and millennials its clear many people believe distinct generational categories exist, that there are very real differences between them, and that organisations must manage these...

A resilient labour market unlikely to change RBA's outlook, further easing is on the way

May 19, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed Australias jobless rate came in unchanged at 5.7 per cent in April, compared to median forecast for a rise to 5.8 per cent. The bureau said its seasonally...

HIV 'test and treat' strategy can save lives -- but it needs to be easier for patients to start treatment

May 19, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to take a tremendous toll on human health, with 37 million people infected and 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2014. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV epidemic has been...