Are two parents better than one? Yes, but only if you're a burying beetle

Oct 17, 2018 22:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Parenting behaviour varies greatly across the animal kingdom. In most mammals, only mothers look after the young, and in most fishes, only fathers look after the young. When it comes to birds, mothers and fathers usually...

France: The road to a low-carbon building sector by 2050 will be a long one

Oct 17, 2018 21:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, France has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to 75% below 1990 levels. To help achieve this ambitious target and as part of its energy transition strategy,...

Soft power goes hard: China's economic interest in the Pacific comes with strings attached

Oct 17, 2018 21:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Chinas economic expansion into the Pacific Islands region raises critical questions for both the islands and Australia. What happens if infrastructure loans by Chinese banks and authorised state enterprises to vulnerable...

Stressed about managing your child's behaviour? Here are four things every parent should know

Oct 17, 2018 21:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Around one-quarter of Australian parents feel stressed by their childs behaviour every day and more than one-third are overwhelmed by it. These are some of the findings released today from our latest Royal Childrens...

New blood test could spare cancer patients from needless chemotherapy after surgery

Oct 17, 2018 21:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Many cancer patients could soon be spared the unnecessary side effects of chemotherapy after having surgery to remove their tumour. A blood test being trialled at more than 40 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand...

Why R2D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you think

Oct 17, 2018 21:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

C3PO, R2D2 and Wall-E: three distinctly memorable robots that captured our hearts as they rolled and beeped across the silver screen. But pint-sized and friendly, humanoid robots are now more than just fictional...

The war in Syria may be ending, but is likely to bring a fresh wave of suffering

Oct 17, 2018 21:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views

As the war in Syria comes to its final stages, the future of the country and the whole region hangs in the balance. As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad consolidates his power by defeating all opposition, resistance runs...