Holidays from nothing

Children in New South Wales are facing two weeks of ‘holidays’ from online learning. The best way to help them enjoy it might be to do nothing at all.

When two hearts beat as one

People unconsciously synchronize bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing when they share an experience, such as a live performance or a personal conversation, according to new research.

Marriage for the modern age

Although societies around the world have diverged and changed radically over the ages, marriage has remained a constant theme. Given our lengthening life expectancies, are further reforms required?

Is your love life an open (Face)book?

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s School of Health and Biomedical Sciences are looking for your help with a new project examining issues of jealousy and surveillance on the Facebook social media platform.

Face to face

New research looks at how the human face is represented in writing from the medieval to contemporary eras, revealing how we have interpreted human emotion for centuries.

Hola, salut, hello, ciao

There’s never been a better time to start learning another language, and there could be some unexpected upsides.

The view from the balcony

A fresh way of thinking, a more holistic view, a new way of leading are required to see us all thriving sustainably for the long term.

Drawing a blank

Rather than a binary on-off state, a new study examines how sleep and wakefulness can be intermingled in the human brain.

Measuring creativity

How do you go about measuring the multifaceted and unique human quality that is creativity without killing it completely? New research aims to do just that.

Have use-by dates reached their sell-by date?

Next time you’re about to throw food in the rubbish, you should double check the date on it first. Food safety experts say some labelling is confusing – and you could be throwing out food that is actually still perfectly safe to eat.

Daniel Kahneman on ‘noise’

Daniel Kahneman’s new book presents several compelling cases from business, medicine, and criminal justice in which judgments appear to vary for no “good” reason.

‘Talking under water’ with the Red Cross

Kath Stewart served as Australian Army officer on peacekeeping missions and as an official from the International Committee of the Red Cross with just her wits, experience and negotiating skills to calm violent situations.