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Strong opinions are irrational – here’s why we should all be agnostic Friday May 1, 2020 By Darren Bradley Editors' Picks Chances are the world would be a better place if we started questioning our own beliefs a bit more. Read more
Ramadan under lockdown is encouraging Muslims to talk about the way they worship Thursday April 30, 2020 By Amanullah De Sondy Community & Social You’ve only got to consider the many names used to refer to Islam’s holiest month to see quite how diverse – and divided – the… Read more
Coronavirus: what does it mean when the government says it is ‘following the science’? Thursday April 30, 2020 By Sophie King-Hill & Martin Powell Editors' Picks Studies of earlier pandemics show that most governments claimed to be following the science, but governments followed different approaches. Clearly, the same thing is happening… Read more
Welcome to your sensory revolution, thanks to the pandemic Thursday April 30, 2020 By Mark M. Smith Editors' Picks All of the senses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic – not because the senses themselves have changed, but because the context and environment… Read more
Seabed fossils show the ocean is undergoing a change not seen for 10,000 years Wednesday April 29, 2020 By Peter T. Spooner Editors' Picks The climate has been quite stable over the 12,000 years or so since the end of the last Ice Age, a period known as the… Read more
Coronavirus: governments knew a pandemic was a threat – here’s why they weren’t better prepared Tuesday April 28, 2020 By Chris Tyler & Peter Gluckman Editors' Picks Despite all the effort that has gone into developing tools to manage surprise pandemics, governments around the world have been bad at acting on their… Read more
If more of us work from home after coronavirus we’ll need to rethink city planning Tuesday April 28, 2020 By John L Hopkins Communications & Technology Will cities still need all the multibillion-dollar road, public transport, telecommunications and energy projects, including some already in the pipeline?… Read more
How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’? Monday April 27, 2020 By Tess Newton Cain Editors' Picks The step-up is – or was – the signature foreign policy of the Morrison government. But one of the effects of the COVID-19 situation has… Read more
How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan’s coronavirus response Monday April 27, 2020 By Craig Mark Editors' Picks As countries around the world debate when and how to ease pandemic restrictions, coronavirus infections continue their steady rise in Japan. Read more
Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight Monday April 27, 2020 By Maria Nugent & Dr Gaye Sculthorpe Culture The accounts given of Captain Cook and the Endeavour are hardly ever a straightforward recounting of what Cook did. And they rarely tally with what… Read more
Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light Friday April 24, 2020 By Lionel Peter Robert Communications & Technology Automated vehicles don’t have human operators to communicate their driving intentions to pedestrians at intersections. Research on pedestrians’ perceptions of safety shows their trust of… Read more
Is it time for a ‘new way of war’? What China’s army reforms mean for the rest of the world Thursday April 23, 2020 By Bates Gill & Adam Ni Defence Recent reports show the increasing capabilities of the PLA and underscore the challenges China’s rising hard power pose to the US and its regional allies. Read more
Vietnam has reported no coronavirus deaths – how? Wednesday April 22, 2020 By Robyn Klingler-Vidra & Ba-Linh Tran Editors' Picks Vietnam – a developing country that has a large land border with China and a population of 97 million people – has not reported a… Read more
What future do airlines have? Three experts discuss Wednesday April 22, 2020 By Darren Ellis Economy & Industry The airline industry has faced many crises before – 9/11 and the 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption, for example. But these pale in comparison to the… Read more
Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable Tuesday April 21, 2020 By Zacchary Larkin Editors' Picks Future climate change is likely to reduce stream flow and water availability in drylands around the world. Our new research has shown, for the first… Read more
