Happy birthday Mr Putin – now here are a few things you might like...
By Laura Swift, The Open University
A bizarre one-off exhibition in Moscow was recently announced to celebrate Vladimir Putin’s birthday. An anonymous group of artists...
Divestment backlash shows companies need to improve sustainability reporting
By Carol A Adams, Monash University
Tony Abbott’s criticisms of the ANU’s divestment decision will come back to bite him. The tide of change is...
Hooked on the classics: literature in the English curriculum
By Stewart Riddle, University of Southern Queensland and Eileen Honan, The University of Queensland
The National Curriculum Review was released this week, with the reviewers...
Pope sets off a ‘gay earthquake’? No, the church has hardly moved
By Timothy Jones, La Trobe University
A report of debate from the first half of the extraordinary synod of Catholic bishops meeting in Rome has...
Natural gas boom is ‘not the answer for cutting emissions’
By Michael Hopkin, The Conversation
The boom in natural gas supplies brought about by techniques like fracking will not automatically deliver the anticipated cuts to...
We don’t know if God exists, but we should keep asking
By Graham Oppy, Monash University
Disputes about the existence of God — like most disputes about religion, politics, and sex — almost always generate heat...
What do parents fear? Unwrapping the bubble-wrap generation
By Jan Nicholson, La Trobe University; Amanda Cooklin, La Trobe University; Fabrizio D’Esposito, University of Melbourne; Shannon Bennetts, La Trobe University, and Sharinne Crawford,...
Careful who you chat with: it could turn you into a criminal
By Luke McNamara, University of Wollongong
Next time you strike up a conversation at your local coffee shop, have a chat in the pub after...






















