See one of the year’s best meteor showers, thanks to Halley’s comet
By Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
As Earth orbits the sun, it continually ploughs through dust and debris left...
Western Australian art is excluded from the national conversation
By Ted Snell, University of Western Australia
Despite our interconnectedness through radio, television and the internet, the coverage of arts and cultural activities in Australia...
Rising university fees threaten to skew public health services
By Peter Brooks, University of Melbourne and Steve Trumble, University of Melbourne
American medical graduates enter hospital training with a debt of around US$160,000 if...
Principal: school doesn’t work for most kids
By Rebecca English, Queensland University of Technology
“Secondary school, at least, only really works for about a third of students,” according to Templestowe College principal...
Why important education research often gets ignored
By Dennis Hayes, University of Derby
Teachers’ professional development is “fragmented, occasional and insufficiently informed by research”. These were the conclusions of a recent British...
Bugs as treatment: coming to a clinic near you…
By Paul Bertrand, RMIT University and Anna Walduck, RMIT University
When you’re sick, you want the most effective treatment to help get you back on...
Under the volcano: predicting eruptions and coping with ash rain
By Mirzam Abdurrachman, Bandung Institute of Technology
Living alongside active volcanoes in places like Japan, the Philippines and especially Indonesia can be uncomfortable.
Around half a...
1,000 cars and no garage – why car-sharing works
By Jennifer Kent and Robyn Dowling
Owning a car can be a hassle, especially if you live somewhere where driving is an occasional, rather than...
