Archive
June 2013
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Stuck in traffic? Maths can get you on your way
18 June 2013
Mathematics may not be the first thing your mind turns to when you are caught in a traffic jam. Yet mathematics holds the key to understanding how traffic congestion develops, and how to prevent it.
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Let’s be practical here: active learners are most engaged
17 June 2013
Chancellor of Monash University, Dr Alan Finkel, looks at students' own responsibility and the importance of self-motivated learning.
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Julia Gillard’s ‘gender wars’: sorting fact from fiction
17 June 2013
Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser had his war on Gough Whitlam by trying to roll back Medibank and the overuse of Section 96 grants. Labor’s Bob Hawke had a war on childhood poverty.
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Why (inefficient) businesses want to limit competition
14 June 2013
If there is a ‘root and branch’ review of competition laws after the next election, it should be led by a group of sexagenarians. That is, people aged at least sixty.
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Squid or swallow: the sexual tastes of a cephalopod
13 June 2013
In romantic circles, reproduction is viewed as a harmonious venture between the sexes. After all, if you aim to produce the best offspring possible, wouldn’t it also be best to cooperate with your partner?
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Body dysmorphic disorder puts ugly in the brain of the beholder
13 June 2013
When people think of mental problems related to body image, often the first thing that comes to mind is the thin figure associated with anorexia.
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The English language in the ‘Asian century’
13 June 2013
Asia is seen as the future for the internationalisation of higher education, and the globalisation of English is enabling this future. Countries in Asia have therefore started to align their internationalisation strategies towards this Asia focus.
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You’ve had an out-of-body experience, but what kind?
11 June 2013
Have you ever felt as though your sense of awareness was outside of your physical body? That you were looking back at yourself from another place in the same room? If so, you’ve probably had an out-of-body experience.
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Is it really the flu? The other viruses making you ill in winter
7 June 2013
Perhaps the misery you feel when ill in winter isn’t the fault of the much-maligned influenza virus after all.
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Should Australia’s manufacturing future be nuclear?
6 June 2013
It is not the first time in Australia’s economic history that a prevalent sector reaches its peak and gives way to a rapidly developing new one.
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Vale Mr Yunupingu: Education leader and philosopher
6 June 2013
Monash University Faculty of Education academics have written a tribute to honour Mr Yunupingu, outlining his vast achievements and heavy influence on inclusive education in Australia.
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A dip in your hip, a glide in your stride? You have fish to thank
5 June 2013
Our study, published earlier this year in the journal Evolution and Development, pieced together the transition from simple fish hip to a weight-bearing, terrestrial pelvis.
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From ‘telegraph poles’ to Russian missiles: Syria’s air defence
5 June 2013
As the civil war in Syria continues, several states are now decrying the potential deployment of the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems.
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Clinical software on personal mobile devices needs regulation
3 June 2013
A health academic has urged the Australian government to allow physicians to take advantage of medical applications on smart phones and tablets by closing gaps in laws governing their use.
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Minimising crimes: how the church is playing with words
3 June 2013
There are 80 lights in the five chandeliers in the Committee Room of the Parliament of Victoria. The windows, ornate mirrors and high ceiling give a sense of light and space. The darkness created by the rape and sexual assault of children, however, is ine
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Living with disability – and planning a good death
3 June 2013
Australians have a poor track record of talking about death and dying.