Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it
Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you...

Labour-National standoff aside, the India-NZ trade deal is a blueprint for real growth
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in New Delhi, 2025Chandradeep Kumar/ The In...

Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds
When someone is badly hurt, their potential for survival often depends on what happens in the first minutes after they arrive at t...

Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
Rubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesArticle 1 of the U...

Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions
Detroit area homelessness providers worry the federal funding shift could affect thousands of individuals and families a…

When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the…
Keeping up with chores takes a lot of time and is worth money.jubaphoto/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen economists track inequal…

With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program
Top NASA officials give an update on major changes to the Artemis program on Feb. 27, 2026. Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo/…

I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right-…
Having a hand preference speaks to more than just your preferred way to write.Domingo/iStock via Getty Images PlusBeing …

AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications
Hypersonic aircraft, like NASA's X-43A shown here, are exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Jim Ross/NASA via Getty Im…

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory
A banner reading, 'Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …' hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukr…

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment
Andre Galvao, wearing black, competes in the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2014.Francois Nel/Ge…

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes
The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026.Martin Bernetti/ AFP via G…

Australian economy picks up speed, but managing inflation and rates is getting harder
Australia’s economy grew at its fastest annual rate in almost three years in the December quarter, rising 2.6%, al…

CIA agents successfully executed a plan for regime change in Iran in 1953 – but Trump hasn’t revealed any signs…
A group of men inspects the ruins of a police station in Tehran, Iran, on March 3, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid SalemiWhen the b…

Why doesn’t travel insurance cover war?
You might think it was exactly the kind of scenario you’d buy travel insurance for in the first place. A major, un…
Public defender shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed
The Oregon Supreme Court on Feb. 5, 2026, issued a ruling that will have a wide impact. More than 1,400 criminal cases h…

Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict
Nefarious acts in all shades ... as long as they are gray.Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty ImagesHostile acts don’t alw…

Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action
Do you have what it takes to be a hero in the moment?Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThree young Americans …

