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

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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

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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

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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