The planetary orbit in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ is random and chaotic, but could it exist?
Apr 27, 2024 06:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem. I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called Placet is a Crazy Place by American science fiction...
What is meaningful work? A philosopher’s view
Apr 27, 2024 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives working. If this is the case, we may as well try and make it meaningful. In a 2019 report,...
Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity
Apr 27, 2024 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The current civil war in Sudan goes beyond a simple power struggle between two generals. It reflects a deep-rooted crisis within the countrys governing structure thats been present since it gained independence from the...
Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence
Apr 27, 2024 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In the free-for-all between the Australian government and Big Tech boss Elon Musk this week, the government had to be on a winner. Most people would have little sympathy with Musks vociferous opposition to being told to...
How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector
Apr 27, 2024 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has found that the...
Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous
Apr 27, 2024 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
Theres been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russias war in Ukraine, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and China. But theres one more...
Apr 27, 2024 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighbouring countries walking together on the gruelling Kokoda Track towards Isurava, high...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight