Even With Unlimited Student Loans, College Is Unaffordable
In the 1980s, universities lobbied Congress to make student loans unlimited, so everyone could get a college education and have higher earnings. Now, college is more unaffordable than ever.
Epidemic Ethics: Four Lessons From The Current Ebola Outbreak
A Liberian nurse disinfects a looted mattress taken from an elementary school that was used as an Ebola isolation unit in West Point, Monrovia, Liberia. AHMED JALLANZO/EPABy Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney and Lyn Gilbert, University of Sydney
In Higher Education, Quality Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
What the government sees as a quality university isn’t necessarily the same as what students see. University of Nottingham. Flickr/Simon Paterson, CC BY-SA
By Jane O'Callaghan Kotzmann, Deakin University
Don't Overlook What’s Underfoot – Save The Bugs And Germs
Honey bees play a vital role in pollination but their populations are under threat in many parts of the world. Flickr/Paul Stein, CC BY-SA
By Andrew Beattie
Media And Energy Coverage: Bias Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Source: IPABy Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Griffith UniversityIt’s tempting to view The Australian’s latest broadside at the ABC as just another salvo fired between our nation’s two biggest media organisations.
Universities At Risk Of Dumbing Down Into Secondary Schools
Nottingham Trent University, CC BY-NC-NDBy Alister Scott, Birmingham City University
When It Comes To Comic Books, Let's Put Literary Criticism Back On The Shelf
Shall I compare thee to a novel? No. Tim McFarlane/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SABy David Sweeney, Glasgow School of Art
Visualizing Algae-Eating Viruses From Space
Emiliania huxleyi, up close and personal. Alison R. Taylor, CC BY
Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages
Christine de Pisan instructs her son, Jean de Castel, c.1413. Source: Wikimedia CommonsBy Juanita Feros Ruys, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at University of Sydney
Don't Dismiss A 2014 'Super' El Niño Just Yet
By Agus Santoso, Senior Research Associate at UNSW Australia.It looks like it’s all over bar the shouting for the chance of this year bringing on a “super” El Niño. Or is it?
Paid Editors On Wikipedia – Should You Be Worried?
Paid editors on Wikipedia – should you be worried?By Kim Osman, PhD Candidate at Queensland University of TechnologyWhether you trust it or ignore it, Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world and accessed by millions of people every day. So would you trust it any more (or even less) if you knew people were being paid to contribute content to the encyclopedia?
Life Boils Down To Five 'Rules' ... Or So Says The Madingley Model
By James Smith, Research Fellow in Fisheries at UNSW AustraliaIt may sound overly simple, but just five processes can define us as animals: eating, metabolism, reproduction, dispersal and death.They might not seem like much, but, thanks to a mathematical model from scientists at Microsoft Research, we know that these five processes are the key to all ecosystems.
Mars, Saturn And The Claws Of Scorpius
Across Australia, catch Mars and Saturn around 8 pm local time.Source: Museum Victoria/Stellarium By Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
