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...
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,...
Australian Vernacular Photography offers a look at our reality
By Molly Glassey, The Conversation
Opening this week, Art Gallery NSW’s latest exhibition, Australian Vernacular Photography, explores the Australian photographic landscape of the late 20th...
King hits: young men, masculinity and violence
By Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
The recent outcry in Sydney about “alcohol-fuelled violence” has many people asking whether young men are out of control,...
