Road rage: why normal people become harmful on the roads

Aug 06, 2016 09:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Anger can be very quick, powerful, reactive, and can make us do things we typically wouldnt do. There is nothing inherently wrong with anger as an emotion, but nowhere is anger less helpful, more common, and potentially...

Explainer: how student fees are set for different university courses

Aug 04, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The issue of how universities are funded across their different courses has been an ongoing but unresolved debate over the past decade. It has again come to the fore as the Commonwealth government considers responses to...

Is it true that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger?

Aug 04, 2016 10:12 am UTC| Life Insights & Views

It may seem that wise, strong people typically have gone through a few hard times in their lives. By comparison, those who have led a very sheltered and privileged life often appear to crack more easily under pressure. But...

The future of genetic enhancement is not in the West

Aug 02, 2016 05:42 am UTC| Science Life

Would you want to alter your future childrens genes to make them smarter, stronger or better-looking? As the state of the science brings prospects like these closer to reality, an international debate has been raging over...

Why many people don't talk about traumatic events until long after they occur

Aug 02, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Health Life

When longtime former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit July 6 for sexual harassment against the networks former boss, Roger Ailes, the public response was less than kind. There were expressed disbelief and...

Migrant Crisis Series

A record 65.3 million people were displaced last year: What does that number actually mean?

Aug 01, 2016 07:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

We continue to witness violent attacks bombings and murders in France, Germany, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq; fighting in South Sudan and the continued civil war in Syria. These conflicts have renewed interest in the...

The return of the breeze block

Aug 01, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Breeze blocks are having a moment in the sun. Having been painfully hip in the architecture of the 1950s and 60s, they were used so extensively, in both houses and commercial buildings, that they became ubiquitous anywhere...