Clean your way to happiness: unpacking the decluttering craze
Jan 14, 2016 04:11 am UTC| Life
Sydneys first Muji store opened in 2015 and with it came attractive minimalism, simplicity, and functionality a kind of consumption that was somehow about consuming less. The Japanese retailer offering home-wares,...
Are Powerball drawings and 'Quick Pick' numbers really random?
Jan 14, 2016 04:02 am UTC| Life
The math behind all the discussion of tonights Powerball drawing assumes true randomness equal likelihood for each number to be chosen, both in the drawing itself and, crucially, in the process of assigning Quick Picks to...
Has winning the lottery jackpot become too difficult?
Jan 13, 2016 16:19 pm UTC| Life
The UKs National Lottery recently added more balls to its Lotto machines, meaning that the chances of winning the jackpot are smaller. Has this ruined the fun? Do the lower odds mean that the vast majority of weeks are...
Woof! Dogs really can tell how their owners are feeling, new study shows
Jan 13, 2016 00:15 am UTC| Life
Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry? As a dog owner, I feel confident not only that I can tell what kind of emotional state my pets are in, but also that they respond to my emotions. Yet as a hard-headed...
Why we should learn to love all insects – not just the ones that work for us
Jan 12, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Insects, which include more than a million described species, represent roughly two-thirds of the biodiversity on Earth. But they have a big PR problem many think of insects as little more than crop-eating,...
How universities can avoid plagiarism: foster students to write better
Jan 12, 2016 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
As universities get better at detecting plagiarism, students are having to find new ways to avoid getting caught. I have recently had quite a few students asking to see their reports from Turnitin a plagiarism...
Why millions chose Africa as their safari destination
Jan 12, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Life
More than 30 million tourists visit Africa every year. Over half of the international arrivals are for business purposes, and may partake in tourist activities as well, while 15% travel for pure tourism and 30% visit...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects