Many young people drop out or are excluded from mainstream schools. from www.shutterstock.com In this series we’ll explore how to improve schools in Australia. Some of the most prominent experts […]

Making a point at a Washington, D.C. protest in January. stephenmelkisethian/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND One of the most unexpected political developments in recent months has been the political awakening of scientists […]

Medicaid, which has provided safety net health care for millions of Americans with low incomes since 1965, pays for medical care for about 75 million people in the U.S., including […]

Our Earth has unimaginable diversity, from seascapes 8,000 meters below the ocean’s surface to landscapes 8,000 meters above it. Its physical beauty comes in inconceivable living varieties. Some mammals lay […]

President Donald Trump recently pledged to “destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 63-year-old law that bans charities from engaging in political activities. As Trump said this at the National Prayer Breakfast, […]

Galaxy cluster MACS 0416 bends light around it due to huge amounts of dark matter, indicated in cyan, acting as a magnifying lens for any background objects in the magenta […]

On a hot day, does taking a cold shower make you cooler? from http://bit.ly/2kXVG4h It’s normal to feel hot, sweaty and uncomfortable in warm weather, but what’s the best way […]

More than 4,400 claims of child sex abuse have been made against Catholic institutions in Australia. Shutterstock The final hearing of the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission into Institutional […]

What energy crisis? Who could forget the energy “crises” that affected electricity supply across south-eastern Australia last year. Firstly the Tasmanian crisis, following the Basslink outage in December 2015. With […]

Any nation that hopes to have a space program needs to be able to keep an eye on its orbiting assets at all times. This means that Australia has become […]