10 FUN THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Spending time with the people you love the most is priceless, and mostly those people are your friends. Meeting up for a movie or a casual dinner is some common ways to spend your weekend nights w...
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF FURNITURE YOU REQUIRE IN YOUR HOUSE
Convenience is what we desire most and strive to achieve with everything that we do. Lifestyles evolved from generation to generation revolving around this idea, and many people came up with solutio...
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5 big environment stories you probably missed while you've been watching coronavirus
ShutterstockGood news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now!Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate crisis has been ticking along in the background, and ...
Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Quotation slips for the first Oxford English Dictionary. Owen McKnight/Flickr, CC BY-SAWhen a literary luminary such as Thomas Kenneally declares so early in 2020 that he is certain a “more ori...
Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland
50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn't all about technology
Archives of Ontario, CC BYIf you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago.The benefits of remote work have been discuss...
Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation, RMIT University
Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support
The Warrick Lane redevelopment is a major construction project overseen by local government.Blacktown City Council/FacebookLocal governments are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, while major ind...
Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common
Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades...
Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW
Scott Morrison indicates 'eliminating' COVID-19 would come at too high a cost
Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim w...
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
No, 5G radiation doesn't cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive
ShutterstockA conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” ...
Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University
The jury may be out on the jury system after George Pell's successful appeal
Shutterstock/sirtravelalotThe High Court today quashed the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, who had originally been found guilty on a number of charges by a jury of 12 people.His defence counsel, B...
Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
For older people and those with chronic health conditions, staying active at home is extra important – here's how
ShutterstockFitbit recently released data showing a global decrease in physical activity levels among users of its activity trackers compared to the same time last year.As we navigate the coronavirus ...
Rachel Climie, Exercise Physiologist and Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Coronavirus: as culture moves online, regional organisations need help bridging the digital divide
Museums, galleries and artist collectives around the world are shutting their doors and moving online in response to coronavirus. But engaging with audiences online requires access, skills and investm...
Indigo Holcombe-James, Sessional academic, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect
ShutterstockNo Australian government has ever spent A$130 billion so quickly. Last Tuesday, when the Prime Minister announced the government would subsidise six million jobs for six months to the tune...
Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper
ShutterstockThe centerpiece of the Commonwealth government’s COVID-19 economic stimulus program is JobKeeper. Priced at A$130 billion, it will pay eligible employers $1,500 per fortnight for eac...
Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Turning to Easter eggs to get through these dark times? Here's the bitter truth about chocolate
PxfuelThe coronavirus might make Easter celebrations a little subdued this year, but that doesn’t mean going without chocolate eggs. In fact, South Australia’s chief public health officer …
How George Pell won in the High Court on a legal technicality
Erik Anderson/AAPThe High Court today granted Cardinal George Pell special leave to appeal, and unanimously allowed the appeal. In other words, Pell won. His convictions were quashed and he will be re…
US private schools often inflate student grades. This could happen in Australia if we cancel year 12 exams
ShutterstockThe unfolding COVID-19 situation has brought many changes to school education. NAPLAN tests have been cancelled for 2020 and most children are learning online.Education minister Dan Tehan …
ICU ventilators: what they are, how they work and why it's hard to make more
ShutterstockAround the world, people are racing to design and manufacture much-needed ventilators to address a global lack of supply. One New York hospital has reportedly attempted treating two patien…
More Australians are worried about a recession and an increasingly selfish society than about coronavirus itself
Joel Carratt/AAPMore Australians are worried about the longer-lasting, societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – specifically that the health system could be overburdened and the country could…
Trump’s Main Street Marshall Plan
How it was: Basking in the glow of renewed freedom birthed through the Trump era tax cuts and the President’s massive reversal of the regulation noose that’s strangled America for the past three ye…
50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn't all about technology
Archives of Ontario, CC BYIf you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago.The benefits of remote work have been discuss…
A virtual Passover may be the first for many, but Judaism has a long history of ritual innovation
As workers make matzo for Passover, many families will not be able to get together this year.Guy Prives/Getty Images)As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe, it is affecting how families …
With Boris Johnson in intensive care, who runs the UK?
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in mid-March, before he tested positive for the coronavirus.Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBoris Johnson – who was admitted to intensive care on April …
¿Qué tipo de vacunas están desarrollando los laboratorios contra el coronavirus?
There are many ways to make a vaccine. In a time of crisis, the more paths towards success the betterAdriana Duduleanu / EyeEm via Getty ImagesEl coronavirus paralizó todas las actividades soci…
Beyond sanitizing and social distancing – a healthy circadian rhythm may keep you sane and increase resilience to fight COVID-19
Try to get outside during daylight to set your circadian rhythms.LordRunar /Getty ImagesSocial distancing and washing hands have become the frontline in the fight against COVID-19, but there is anothe…
What does 'recovered from coronavirus' mean? 4 questions answered about how some survive and what happens next
Recovery is the result for most coronavirus patientsAP Photo/Tony DejakThe coronavirus is certainly scary, but despite the constant reporting on total cases and a climbing death toll, the reality is t…
Hoarding during the coronavirus isn't just unnecessary, it's ethically wrong
Long lines at a grocery store in Spring, Texas, as people rush to stockpile.AP Photo/David J. PhillipAs people rush to stockpile provisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, stores have placed re…
Striking Amazon, Instacart employees reveal how a basic economic principle could derail our ability to combat the coronavirus
Samuel Diaz, a delivery worker for Amazon Prime, loads his vehicle with groceries from Whole Foods in Miami.AP Photo/Lynne SladkyA series of recent protests by the workers preparing and delivering our…
6 ways to build motivation to do your schoolwork now that you're forced to learn online at home
Breaking down big projects into smaller tasks helps.PhotoAlto/Michele Constantini/Getty ImagesEven in normal circumstances, it can be hard to get motivated to do your schoolwork. But these are not nor…
A world without sports
The Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Capitals, sits empty. AP Photo/Nick WassBaseball’s opening day came and went. The Olympics have been postponed. Football in the fall? Don’t co…
Crops could face double trouble from insects and a warming climate
In the heat, tomato plants can't fight off the hungry tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. From www.shutterstock.comFor millennia, insects and the plants they feed on have been engaged in a co-evolutionar…
JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect
ShutterstockNo Australian government has ever spent A$130 billion so quickly. Last Tuesday, when the Prime Minister announced the government would subsidise six million jobs for six months to the tune…
Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper
ShutterstockThe centerpiece of the Commonwealth government’s COVID-19 economic stimulus program is JobKeeper. Priced at A$130 billion, it will pay eligible employers $1,500 per fortnight for eac…
Coronavirus versus democracy: 5 countries where emergency powers risk abuse
Hungarian police officers check cars at the closed Austria-Hungary border, March 18, 2020.Alex Halada/AFP via Getty ImagesEditor’s note: Emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic set the conditi…
The bar necessities: 5 ways to understand coronavirus graphs
Wrapping your head around the scale of a global pandemic is not easy, and the volume of stats and data can be bewildering.What, for instance, are we to make of the fact Australia recorded just 109 new…
Open letter to the prime minister: extend coronavirus support to temporary workers
ShutterstockMany temporary Australian residents will be excluded from the JobSeeker Payment and Coronavirus Supplement to be provided to permanent residents. In this open letter to the prime minister…
Why coronavirus impacts are devastating for international students in private rental housing
Aliko Sunawang/Unsplash, FALAbout half of international students in Australia are private renters and more than half of them rely on paid work to pay the rent, but most of the casual jobs they depend …
The mushroom cloud's silver lining: how the Cold War is helping the biggest fish in the sea
United States Department of Defense/WikimediaIt might surprise you to learn that nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War are now helping conserve whale sharks, the largest living fish. Growing up to 18…
We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy
Author supplied The Australian summer just gone will be remembered as the moment when human-caused climate change struck hard. First came drought, then deadly bushfires, and now a bout of coral bleach…
Head lice drug Ivermectin is being tested as a possible coronavirus treatment, but that's no reason to buy it
ShutterstockResearchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies. But the research is in its early stages and the drug is y…
Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improves
Lukas Coch/AAPThis week’s Newspoll, conducted April 1-3 from a sample of 1,508 people, showed a huge boost in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating based on his leadership thus f…
A coronavirus spike may put ICU beds in short supply. But that doesn't mean the elderly shouldn't get them
ShutterstockAlthough recent encouraging news suggests the rate of new coronavirus cases in Australia is slowing, our medical facilities could still be overwhelmed at some point.One modelling study has…
Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity
ShutterstockGovernments across the world have rolled out extensive financial packages to support individuals, businesses and large corporations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Equally, central bank…