Enduring beauties: when buildings look good for their age
By Simon Weir, University of Sydney
This year’s Australian Institute of Architects' (AIA) 2014 National Architecture Awards – to be awarded on November 6 –...
A Canopy of Deadening Silence: The Beijing Media Assault on Hong Kong Citizens
By John Keane, University of Sydney
Now entering its third week, its numbers dwindling but its determination and purpose still remarkably strong, the umbrella uprising...
‘Extreme altruists’ motivated by gut instinct: study
By Penny Orbell, The Conversation
If you noticed a person in grave danger would you act first and think later in order to save them?...
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...
Comet Siding Spring’s close encounter with Mars draws near
By Belinda Smith, The Conversation
Astronomers world-wide are gearing up for what NASA calls a “once in a lifetime” event: the Comet Siding Spring will...
Obesity, cancer, mental health. What links them all?
By Alessandro R Demaio, Harvard University
There’s been a lot of discussion about obesity this week. Whether or not it’s a disease (as it is...
From galactic pile-ups, stars are born: a crash course in clusters
By Nick Seymour, Curtin University
Clusters of galaxies have back-stories worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster: their existences are marked by violence, death and birth, arising...
