Are We Dating The Same Guy? Online groups toe the line between protecting women and defaming men

Infidelity and deception have always been part of dating and relationships. Traditionally managed privately between the parties or through legal processes, these issues have recently been...

Women take fewer risks because they think about losing more than men, research suggests

One difference between men and women has been well documented by economists, psychologists and biologists – that women are tend to be more cautious and take...

New malaria vaccine: no silver bullet but an important step towards eradication

‘We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million...

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13, 2023, the Atlantic published an excerpt from his upcoming biography, in which...

Why was the US House speaker just ousted from his job? And what does it mean for the Republican Party?

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted – by his own Republican Party – from the second-most important post in the American government. It was...

Here’s why we need a disability rights act – not just a disability discrimination one

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s...

Nobel prize in physics awarded for work unveiling the secrets of electrons

Screenshot at. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach, CC BY-SA   The 2023 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists for...

What has the Nobel Prize in Physics ever done for me?

Each October, physics is in the news with the awarding of the Nobel Prize. The work acknowledged through this most prestigious award often seems far removed...

Five things that the west doesn’t understand about China’s foreign policy

China’s capacity to surprise western politicians was demonstrated recently, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping was unexpectedly absent from the G20 summit. There were a few reasons...