School absence rates have rocketed – the whole educational experience needs to change
Feb 15, 2024 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
More than 140,000 pupils in the UK are absent from from school more than 50% of the time: more than double the number from before the pandemic. Not being in school matters and not only because pupils miss out on...
Feb 14, 2024 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Both my parents worked for 30-plus years for their employers they had lifelong careers at a single company. Growing up, they taught me the importance of loyalty and commitment. But in a rapidly changing world, the...
6 tips to maximise your concert experience, from a live music expert
Feb 14, 2024 02:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Stadium concert attendance is on the rise in Australia. This month, more than one million people are expected see P!NK and Taylor Swift on their Australian tours, which quickly sold out the countrys biggest stadiums. Both...
What is doxing, and how can you protect yourself?
Feb 14, 2024 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Australian government has brought forward plans to criminalise doxing, bringing nationwide attention to the harms of releasing peoples private information to the wider public. The government response comes after the...
Feb 14, 2024 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. All you need is love. Its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. If cliches and pop songs are anything to go by, humans spend a substantial portion of waking...
The problems with dating apps and how they could be fixed – two relationship ethicists
Feb 14, 2024 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use dating apps. But only half of users say that they have had positive experiences. Indeed, a shocking 11% of female users under 50 have received threats of harm. Surely theres a...
Demography and reproductive rights are environmental issues: Insights from sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 08, 2024 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Nature
Sub-Saharan Africas population is growing three times faster than the rest of the world with an average of 4.6 births per woman in 2021. By comparison, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.3 births per woman in 2022. The...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects