What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion
Mar 06, 2020 09:10 am UTC| Life
A group called The Satanic Temple went to court in their lawsuit against the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, for religious discrimination in January 2020. The citys attorneys argued that they could not possibly be guilty...
What wedding venue choices tell us about social status in Nigeria
Mar 06, 2020 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Event centres venues to host social events such as weddings, meetings, naming ceremonies and funerals are ubiquitous in southwestern Nigeria. Some are enclosed in a building, others are semi-enclosed or on open...
More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it
Mar 06, 2020 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In recent days the federal government announced a new funding formula for non-government schools. Called the Direct Measure of Income, the formula will base the level of government funding on school parents incomes rather...
Would you ditch your car if public transport was free? Here's what researchers have found
Mar 06, 2020 05:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Economy
Luxembourg recently became the first country in the world to make all public transport free. As of March 1 2020, all buses, trains and trams throughout the country can be boarded without paying a fare the largest area to...
Why are people stockpiling toilet paper? We asked four experts
Mar 05, 2020 11:17 am UTC| Life
As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, anxiety is rising in Australia. Shoppers fearful of quarantine measures have been stocking up on supplies to last out a week or two of isolation. Recent days have...
The future of work will hit vulnerable people the hardest
Mar 03, 2020 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
A great deal of attention is being paid to the future of work and its impact on Canadians. Often missing from the discussion is the extent to which different workers will be included or excluded from the changing labour...
Dark web: Our study reveals how new offenders get involved in online paedophile communities
Mar 03, 2020 00:05 am UTC| Life
The dark web a collection of heavily encrypted websites, forums and social networks notoriously provides spaces for illegal activities. Its where child sexual offenders meet to support each other and share indecent...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects