Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t ...
Trump’s war on migrants could make an enemy of the country he needs most: Mexico
Trump’s efforts to stop a so-called ‘invasion’ of migrants could imperil relations with the US’s biggest trading partner, ...
What is PNF stretching, and will it improve my flexibility?
So PNF stretching is potentially a more time-efficient way to improve flexibility, compared to, for example, static ...
Yes, Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico – just not for everyone. Here’s how it works
Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it ...
Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes
Bob Dylan arrived in New York City at 19 in 1961. In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet plays Dylan during his emergence ...
Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement. Here’s why that’s not such a bad thing
With the US out of the tent, the rest of the world can get on with climate action without Trump’s corrosive influence.
Why have Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons caused such a stir? A president’s pardoning power has few limits
Joe Biden preemptively pardoned his family and others concerned about retribution from Donald Trump. The Constitution says ...
‘Move fast and break things’: Trump’s $500 billion AI project has major risks
Trump wants the US to build ever more faster, more powerful AI systems – without considering crucial safety concerns.
The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted
The demand for sand is soaring in places like Singapore. But extracting sand from the sea is destructive. It’s worth looking ...