Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of the living dead

Oct 29, 2019 19:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year, you can dress as a zombie prom queen, a zombie doctor even a zombie rabbit or banana. The...

Digital sovereignty: can the Russian Internet cut itself off from the rest of the world?

Oct 29, 2019 19:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The Internet infrastructure is based on the principle of the internationalisation of equipment and data and information flows. Elements of the Internet with a geographic location in national territories need physical and...

Half a billion on Halloween pet costumes is latest sign of America's out-of-control consumerism

Oct 29, 2019 19:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Halloween spending is out of control. Americans are expected to spend US$8.8 billion on candy, costumes and decorations this year or $86 for every person who plans to celebrate. That includes a half a billion dollars...

Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments

Oct 29, 2019 19:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

A miscarriage is a devastating event. Those who experience them are suddenly and unexpectedly robbed of the promise of new life and the dream of an expanded family. The emotional toll can be even greater if conception was...

Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day

Oct 29, 2019 19:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Across parts of Australia, vast areas of native vegetation have been cleared and replaced by our cities, farms and infrastructure. When native vegetation is removed, the habitat and resources that it provides for native...

Working conditions in aged care homes are awful, largely because the work is done by women

Oct 29, 2019 19:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The aged care royal commission is the just the latest in an avalanche of reviews and inquires over three decades that have found the same things: abuse and neglect and, lying behind them, appalling work conditions. Our...

Humanity's birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home

Oct 29, 2019 19:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favoured contender until today. Our new research has used DNA to trace humanitys earliest footsteps to a...