The global refugee crisis is more dire than at any point since the end of the Second World War, according to a report released yesterday by Amnesty…
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New research into storm patterns warns that flash floods are likely to sweep across the Australian landscape with increasing intensity, particularly in urban or residential…
Recent documents show that the hardcore branch of the US policy during the Vietnam war, was playing dangerous games with North Vietnam and the Soviets,…
Exclusive: Politicians told they could view the current Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating text if they signed a four-year confidentiality provision Demonstrators protest against the legislation to…
I sometimes get asked what I am going to do when I am replaced by a robot. On other occasions, I get emails from people…
The world economy is disturbingly close to stall speed. The United Nationshas cut its global growth forecast for this year to 2.8pc, the latest of the…
Youth suicide is a major problem - the second-leading cause of death among adolescents in the US - but research into the trends has tended…
Acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking believes humanity's long-term future must be in space. I admire his intellectual dexterity and his accomplishments despite his paralysis, but this…
The so-called hiatus in global warming will probably make no difference to the world in the long run, according to Australian scientists. Using computer models…
Meet vaccine refuser, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott We’re talking about Tony Abbott, who just ruled from on high that there are no more exemptions…
Parents in despair because they can’t pay the fees at the privatised neighbourhood school… Families left without healthcare because the mining company that pollutes their…
Hypnosis is at work all around us, shining bright through the liquid crystal display (LCD) screen of the television set. Companies spend extraordinary amounts of…