How Australia can capitalise on Chinese tourism

Jul 10, 2016 19:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business

Chinese tourism around the world is experiencing a boom: the numbers of tourists are increasing and the types of tourism diversifying. But Australia will need a more culturally sensitive approach than the catchy...

Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?

Jul 10, 2016 19:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continents ancient institutions have long disappeared. The type of higher education thats delivered in Africa today, from curriculum to degree...

Goats, sheep and cows could challenge dogs for title of 'man’s best friend'

Jul 10, 2016 19:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Since the evolution of dogs from wolves tens of thousands of years ago, they have been selectively bred for various roles as guards, hunters, workers and companions. But dogs are not the only animal humans have...

How clearer strategy and precaution could make mining better for all

Jul 10, 2016 19:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Mining in South Africa is beset with controversy. The 2012 Marikana massacre was an extreme expression of this but dangerous conflicts can arise even before a mine is commissioned. Mining proposals are often opposed by...

Freaks, geeks, norms and mores: why people use the status quo as a moral compass

Jul 08, 2016 23:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life

The Binewskis are no ordinary family. Arty has flippers instead of limbs; Iphy and Elly are Siamese twins; Chick has telekinetic powers. These traveling circus performers see their differences as talents, but others...

The drugs made me do it: can prescription side-effects be an excuse for crime?

Jul 08, 2016 23:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law

This week, a man who murdered his wife while she slept and blamed his actions in part on the effects of a sleeping pill he was taking, was given an extra two years jail time taking his sentence to 21 years. The killer,...

Too many males spell trouble for UK migratory birds

Jul 08, 2016 23:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

If you hear a bird singing in the spring, you might assume its calling to a potential mate in the hope of producing offspring. But in parts of the UK, birdsong could be helping to mask the fact that the populations of...