Is a tuition-free policy enough to ensure college success?
May 27, 2016 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Across the U.S., many soon-to-be high school graduates are excited to begin college. Over the past decades, rates of college enrollment have increased. In 1950, only 16 percent of young people had at least some college...
Finding solitude in an era of perpetual contact
May 27, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Life
Being alone has many benefits. It grants freedom in thought and action. It boosts creativity. It offers a terrain for the imagination to roam. Solitude also enriches our connections with others by providing perspective,...
May 27, 2016 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Facial expressions are important parts of how we communicate and how we develop impressions of the people around us. In The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin proposed that facial expressions evolved...
Children with sexualised behaviours need support, not silence and stigma
May 27, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Reports of coercive sex acts among small children quite understandably provoke strong and broad ranging reactions. The case of a child in grade one performing sex acts on other children in a Victorian primary school...
Dude food vs superfood: we're cultural omnivores
May 26, 2016 08:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Australia appears to be simultaneously embracing very contradictory food trends. We lick our fingers after an all-American feast of gourmet burgers, freakshakes, doughnuts and ribs, but repent for our sins with a kale...
May 26, 2016 08:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Our politicians talk a lot about families, but what do they really mean when they use this term? What does a modern family look like and how does it compare with ten, 20 or even 30 years ago? Whats the best way to...
Which Facebook 'friends' can help you land a job?
May 26, 2016 02:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Life
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship...