Pricking consciences and shaming the shameless
Political cartooning is one of the last remaining avenues to shame the shameless and prick the national conscience on the big issues in life, according to […]
Lizards feel climate change
You have to hand it to the pygmy bluetongue – to date, it has quietly survived a barrage of natural hazards and man-made pressures. But the […]
Italian Spiderman spawns ten sequels
He’s pudgy, moustachioed and obnoxious, and now he’s going to star in his own movie. The South Australian Film Corporation recently made a $9,500 grant to […]
Cosmetic surgery: the cutting edge of workplace competition
Cosmetic surgery is fast becoming an addiction to quell the insecurities of the modern workplace and enhance job prospects: according to Flinders University sociologist Professor Anthony […]
Study finds users of ‘ice’ take their habits to work
The use of “ice” – the illicit drug methamphetamine – is causing and contributing to growing levels of workplace absenteeism, but even more alarming is that […]
Flinders to establish new research centre with first Federation Fellowship
Flinders University will establish a new research centre to examine ways of improving health outcomes and preventing people falling through society’s cracks after a leading academic […]
Indigenous graduate hopes to inspire other students
Flinders University student Lianna Brown has become the first person to complete senior secondary schooling in a very remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory and […]
Researcher takes a look inside Muslim minds
In setting out to explore the ideas and beliefs of modern Muslims, Professor Riaz Hassan gave himself a huge task; it should be no surprise that […]
Demystifying the story of HMAS Sydney
The long delay in solving Australia’s ‘greatest maritime mystery’ with the discovery of the wreck of HMAS Sydney can be sheeted home to a lack of […]