The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia
Apr 15, 2024 10:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Perth has just had its driest six months on record, while Western Australia sweltered through its hottest summer on record. Those records are remarkable in their own right. But these records are having real...
Rogue waves in the ocean are much more common than anyone suspected, says new study
Apr 15, 2024 10:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue waves are giant...
An education in music makes you a better employee. Are recruiters in tune?
Apr 15, 2024 10:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
See the word musician on a resume and you might not immediately think stellar employee or exceptional leader. Perhaps the word evokes the image of a rock star, in trouble for chucking a television out of a hotel room...
Apr 15, 2024 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views
Byung-Chul Han is the enigmatic philosopher and author of The Burnout Society and Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power. In his latest book The Crisis of Narration, he argues that despite the present...
Apr 15, 2024 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In a groundbreaking declaration earlier this month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, to recognise whales as legal persons. Aotearoa New Zealand has already...
Why are blooper reels so funny?
Apr 15, 2024 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Blooper reels are very popular, with some videos on YouTube racking up tens of millions of views. Its a curious thing: why are videos of mistakes sometimes getting as much attention (or more!) as clips from the actual TV...
If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of
Apr 12, 2024 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Nothing excites law students like the idea of a free house. Or alternatively, enrages them. It depends on their politics. As a result, academics condemned to teaching property law find it hard to resist the doctrine of...
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