Taking ownership: taxi drivers protest the growth of Uber.EPA/Alessandro di MarcoThe rapidly growing influence of Silicon Valley owners over sharing economy platforms is a troubling development. The growing strength and pervasiveness of these platforms means their owners have significant power to impose their visions of what it means to be a...
Palmyra's Temple of Bel, pre-Islamic State.Reuters/Gustau NacarinoThere has been much public condemnation of the destruction of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra by Islamic State (IS), as well as the wider devastation being inflicted on the cultural heritage of Syria and Iraq by both IS and its opponents in Syria’s civil war.
Both Syria and Iraq...
Scientists are searching for collisions between different 'universe bubbles' in the cosmic microwave background.GeraltThe existence of parallel universes may seem like something cooked up by science fiction writers, with little relevance to modern theoretical physics. But the idea that we live in a “multiverse” made up of an infinite...
farfromenEven Nobel-Prize winners can be melancholy. This is one lesson we can learn from Albert Camus’ life by the end of the 1950s.
Camus was catapulted to public fame in his late twenties by the uncanny novella The Stranger. Soon after, he became a hero of the French resistance and the celebrated author of The Plague of 1947.
Yet by the...
Running a small business means every team member counts and when poor health leads to absenteeism or low energy, productivity and profits take a hit. Lost workdays, rising healthcare costs, and staff ...
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Melbourne is running on change. Rooftops are filling with solar, carports are getting charge points, and older switchboards are being rebuilt so homes and shops can carry smarter, heavier loads. If yo...
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Key Takeaways: Designers notice structure, typography, and colour choices before the content itself Consistency across all collateral strengthens brand recognition and builds trust Overly bu...
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