Nigeria's tradition of matching outfits at events has a downside
Feb 09, 2020 23:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Matching outfits made from identical fabric. Theyre a regular feature at parties, weddings and funerals in Nigeria, spotted across social media and fashion pages. Theyre called aso ebi, a Yoruba phrase meaning family...
Valentine’s Day: Asian guys stereotyped and excluded in online dating
Feb 09, 2020 23:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
This Valentines Day, many single people will be looking for their date online. In fact, this is now one of the most popular ways heterosexual couples meet. Online dating provides users with access to thousands, sometimes...
The importance of travel security for employees going abroad
Feb 09, 2020 23:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Barely a month into the year 2020 and it seems like the world is becoming a more dangerous place than ever before. Recent emergencies like the uncontrollable Australian wildfires, increased Middle East tensions between...
The coronavirus outbreak is the biggest crisis ever to hit international education
Feb 07, 2020 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The coronavirus outbreak may be the biggest disruption to international student flows in history. There are more than 100,000 students stuck in China who had intended to study in Australia this year. As each day passes,...
Why do people in different countries speak different languages?
Feb 07, 2020 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Humans have long been puzzled by the existence of different languages. A long time ago, people took guesses or made up stories to explain this. You might know the tale of the Tower of Babel (have a look at a famous...
No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we're only ever one step from system collapse
Feb 07, 2020 05:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
This summers bushfires were not just devastating events in themselves. More broadly, they highlighted the immense vulnerability of the systems which make our contemporary lives possible. The fires cut road access, which...
How two women pulled off a medieval manuscript heist in post-war Germany
Feb 07, 2020 05:56 am UTC| Life
Seventy-five years ago, in February 1945, during the Second World War, Allied forces bombed the magnificent baroque city of Dresden, Germany, destroying most of it and killing thousands of civilians. In central Dresden,...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects