There’s an international push towards low-emissions housing. New research investigates what it’s like to actually live in low-energy houses.
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Universities need to better accommodate student employment to improve the retention of online students.
Australia’s GPI, a broad measure of national wellbeing, has stalled since 1974. So what has been the point of huge population and GDP growth since then if we and our environment are no better off?
Supporting early childhood literacy is not just about reading to your child. Research has found there are many and varied ways to increase literacy in early learning.
Given the small percentages involved, South Australia’s bank levy won’t interfere with the federal government’s levy, and would arguably be compatible with it.
A US study into whether a new drug can give us a tan without going into the sun generated headlines around the world. Here’s what the study really says.
Islam’s position on domestic violence is drawn from the Qur’an, prophetic practice, and historical and contemporary legal verdicts.
It is a problem in our efforts to build reconciliation that Australians appear not to be taking up the hospitality of their fellow Australians.
As difficult as it is to concede, lone-actor, grievance-fuelled violence cannot be solved simply by tightening justice processes.
The trend of ‘naked tourism’ reveals something more than just bare bottoms – and it may call for some active interventions.
Tuberculosis, antibiotic drug development, photons and colloid science feature in the 2017 Science at the Shine Dome honorific awards.
It doesn’t matter how assessments are given to students, as students can still find a way to cheat.
Budget 2017 has allocated A$100 million to boost innovation and advanced manufacturing. But can it fill the hole left by automotive industry closures?
The composition of bacteria in our gut regulates our immune system. Modifying it - through poo transplants for example - can control cancer risk, as well as response to treatment.
Leaving teachers to deal with challenging behaviour on their own can be unproductive and stressful.
Older workers are feeling discriminated against in the search for work, in their jobs and even in retirement, a new survey shows.
The Gallipoli campaign has, in recent years, increasingly become part of the culture wars in Turkey associated with the rise of political Islam.
No place is off-limits to tourism, so the industry grows without restriction – but there are ways to curb the environmental damage it does.
Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel invites us to consider the value of tourism as a political tool.
People have long been fascinated with sleepwalkers. Is it dangerous?
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