Friday essay: We all live in the world of Ayn Rand, egomaniac godmother of libertarianism. Can fiction help us navigate it? The shadow of Ayn Rand (beloved by Donald Trump and Elon Musk) looms large ...

By Rachel Sutherland, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Amy Peacock, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW ...

Organising to stop gasfields or coal mines sounds like a similar challenge. But one environmental group has endured, while the other ran out of energy. Here’s why ...

In September, many universities are making early offers to Year 12 students. This is a contentious practice but research shows it can provide much-needed support to young people.

A group of economists wants Reeves to raise public investment – but her plans so far point to a tight squeeze on spending.

Surging methane emissions put our ability to meet Paris agreement climate targets in jeopardy. But a timely new book presents the scientific, policy and technological challenges and solutions for ...

~ Gen Z’s language might seem incomprehensible but slang has always sounded that way – just look at these five Victorian sayings ~ Lebanon pager attacks push Hezbollah and Israel to brink of all-out ...

The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Autralia will again meet this weekend, but it remains to be seen if the grouping can move beyond rhetoric and into action.

Paul Saurette, Full Professor, School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa New research has found there is a concerning trend in Canadian political discourse: the tendency ...

It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics”. The paper opened an entire ...

A study of parent-child pairs from Montréal’s Vietnamese diaspora found different paths to preserving language shaped by political and economic experiences.

All Gen Z slang might sound like “skibidi” to older generations, but every era has had its own confusing slang. For every “gyatt” today (originally a variation of “god damn”, now referring to a curvy ...