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Why has it taken so long to go back to the Moon?

By Domenico Vicinanza At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles

When is the best time to get a flu shot?

By Meru Sheel and Allen Cheng We usually have to wait until winter approaches before we see an increase in cases of influenza, or the flu. But we have already seen a lot

Children’s privacy caught up in ‘woefully out of date’ laws

By Tama Leaver Australia’s privacy laws have been woefully out of date for a long time – not fit to address the realities of the digital world. As part of the long

More than half of students admit to some plagiarism

By Guy Curtis People using other peoples’ ideas, words and creations without acknowledgement is a widespread problem. Plagiarism occurs everywhere from restaurant

April Fools’ Day not so funny in fake news world

By Phoebe Hart April Fools’ Day is a funny one. Developed over centuries, it’s a tradition that gives people the permission to prank. Some leg-pulls are delightful

Australia is far from ‘losing’ the Pacific to China

By Joanne Wallis and Salote Tagivakatini Last year, Australia was reminded of China’s willingness to exercise its growing naval power in the region. In February, a

Strong evidence emerges of vaping cancer link

By Bernard Stewart As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking

Nearly half of school principals face physical violence

By Paul Kidson, Herb Marsh and Theresa Dicke Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs. Almost 90 percent say they

Middle East war could lift prices by an extra 5 percent

By George Verikios A drawn-out war in the Middle East could add an extra 5 percent to existing inflation in Australia, our new modelling shows. We looked at the likely

Albanese walking a delicate path in high stress times

By Michelle Grattan Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of COVID, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the

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