Five of the most violent moments of the Reformation
Jan 20, 2017 15:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
It has been 500 years since what is seen as the start of the Reformation, when the German monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, challenging practices in the late medieval Catholic...
To what extent are you truly free?
Jan 19, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In the early 21st century, Western-style freedoms are often presented as an ideal template for the rest of the world. Yet supposedly free democracies are also marked by substantial and growing disparities of wealth, power...
Famine doesn't just 'happen' – and those who cause it must be held to account
Jan 19, 2017 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The relationship between food insecurity and conflict is almost so logical that it appears to state the obvious: conditions of food insecurity contribute to the outbreak of social, political and military conflict, which in...
Society actually does want policies that benefit future generations
Jan 19, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Health Nature
Rich societies like the UK are changing the planet for the worse. Human life is taking a heavy toll on the Earth, its climate and its various ecosystems. This generation is consuming the planet, but it is future...
Why time seems to fly – or trickle – by
Jan 19, 2017 12:44 pm UTC| Life
No one is born with an innate understanding of time, and babies must learn to synchronize and coordinate their behavior with the rest of the world. Until then, they demand attention at all hours of the day and night,...
Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
Jan 19, 2017 12:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Australians with serious mental illness are living on average for 10-32 years less than the rest of the population, mainly due to preventable and treatable diseases like diabetes. No wonder, these early, preventable deaths...
University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
Jan 18, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
News media are widely reporting on new data released by the government showing that one-third of students starting university in 2009 had not finished their studies within six years. This stat makes a good headline, but...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects