Sociology
Politics & Society
Living apart together
Sharing a home is what makes a couple a couple, but for some people, a romantic partner isn’t someone you live with
Arts & Culture
Vocal fry: What is it and why does it still polarise listeners?
Love, hate or ambivalence about this vocal style may depend on our age and gender. Linguists and voice experts explain vocal fry’s origins and its place in society
Arts & Culture
What we can learn from festivals like Rainbow Serpent
Transformative festivals like Australia’s Rainbow Serpent are a global phenomena, and research on these grand social experiments is yielding insights into human organisation and cooperation
Politics & Society
Under the Microscope
Race, sport and media: Questioning the status quo
Researching racism in media and sport has taken Professor Karen Farquharson from post-Apartheid South Africa to youth sport clubs in Melbourne’s suburbs
Health & Medicine
Understanding the ‘social’ in social anxiety
By medicalising social anxiety as wholly a problem of the individual we risk overlooking the potential social drivers
Arts & Culture
Go Figure
‘Like’ has totally evolved to become, like, a legit word
The word ‘like’ is often frowned upon but, mainly because of young women, it’s here to stay and is far more sophisticated than we might think
Arts & Culture
Go Figure
Why boys are blue and girls are pink
Hundreds of years ago the two colours told a very different story, but the current status quo will be hard to budge
Sciences & Technology
Breaking: Pigs like cuddles too
We get a boost in oxytocin or ‘love hormone’ levels after cuddling or positive interaction, now a world-first study shows pigs work the same way