This Easter, churches will be praying for a rebirth
Mar 24, 2016 22:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Death and resurrection are the central themes of the main Christian festival of Easter. And this Easter, these themes are becoming uncomfortably close for thoughtful church leaders. With the recent damning revelations...
What parents and teachers should know about non-verbal learning disability
Mar 24, 2016 00:10 am UTC| Life Health
When my daughter was in Year 10 at a private girls school, I got the call that every parent dreads a summons to the deputys office. My polite 15-year-old girl had no behavioural problems, but she couldnt keep up with...
Mar 23, 2016 17:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves an important role in our nations fight against hunger. Formerly known as food stamps, SNAP helps 45 million low-income Americans nearly half of whom are...
How games can hook students with short attention spans
Mar 23, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Health Life
Modern human beings have a shorter attention span than goldfish: ours is, on average, below eight seconds while the little fish can focus for nine seconds. These decreasing attention levels are driven by peoples...
Young people's economic disadvantage is unlucky – not unjust
Mar 23, 2016 16:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Australias wealth is increasing but young Australians are not reaping the benefits. Older Australians are becoming richer while those in younger generations are going backward in real terms. According to a 2014 report...
The proposed 'right to disconnect' after work hours is welcome, but not enough
Mar 23, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Changes proposed to Frances famously inflexible employment laws by French president François Hollande have prompted an outcry among students and unionists and even the barricading of schools by pupils. But among the...
How people can live next to lions without killing them – new study
Mar 23, 2016 16:29 pm UTC| Life
There is a sense of haunting to the roar of a lion veiled in darkness. The emphatic ooooaa! demands attention as it starts in the abdomen and reverberates through the night air. Its direction and distance are secondary to...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects