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We tend to protect things that are important to us. In the past, a wealthy man might build a castle to contain his wealth...
The shame that changes us (or not)
If shame were personified, its main characteristic would be its ability to creep into the darkest depths, avoiding any trace of light and any...
With so many people speaking ‘their truth’, how do we know...
When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ceremony,...
Say it with a Poem
Have you ever felt like there was nothing to your story? Like your life wasn’t anything worth sharing? Or like it would set you...
If I were to ask, “who are you?” what would you say? Perhaps you’d start with your name, your family of origin or your cultural identity. If pushed, maybe you’d identify with your religion (if you have one) or social group. Answering such a question is also heavily influenced...
Los Desaparecidos: Mothers of the Disappeared
Argentina’s “Dirty War”, a campaign between the late 1970s and early ’80s, lasted eight years. The perpetrators’ goal was to rid the country of...
HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVITY EVERY DAY
To survive in a fast-changing world you need to be creative,” says Gerard J Puccio, chairman of the International Center for Studies in Creativity...
Has your week been a stinker? Maybe your work has been filled with relentless deadlines or perhaps your education has been overfilling your brain with seemingly useless facts. Maybe your body is tired from day-upon-day of manual labour or you’ve been chasing after your kids as they attempt to...
should we leave marriage in the past?
It’s a moment I will never forget—the first time I was asked to perform a wedding ceremony for a couple deeply in love. I...
CAN SCIENCE SAVE YOU FROM THE GRAVE?
Imagine a world where technology has advanced to the point that it can reverse or “cure” ageing, a world in which people have merged...
Why is everyone so angry about everything all of the time?” That was the title of a Sydney Morning Herald article by journalist and academic Waleed Aly. The title originally came from Sally, a viewer of the BBC’s Question Time, who tweeted, “Why is everyone, so angry about everything,...
Embracing Sunlight
Many people fear sunlight. I know someone who always avoided going outside during the day, and when she did, she covered every inch of...
How To Feed Your Family For Less
Don’t feel pressured to always buy fresh Even produce experts like Thanh Truong, aka the Fruit Nerd, rely on a freezer stash of frozen fruit...
Chimpanzees and humans are very similar, but is that a sign of a common ancestor or something else?
Can science explain everything?
Is it possible for a science book to comfortably sit on the shelves of both someone who believe in God and someone who doesn't? Adrian Petre thinks so.
The migration of trust in the digital age
Trust is the main currency of the age in which we live, and people seem to be changing the directions they invest in faster than in the past. How is our life of faith influenced by how we relate generally to trust?
The generally accepted scientific theory of origins may be usefully regarded as having two components—one concerning life’s beginning and the second concerning subsequent development. Processes of chemical evolution are thought to have produced the primordial cell and hence the first life-forms. This theory suggests that organic molecules formed from...
The Origins of Mother’s Day
Have you heard the story of the woman who inspired the creation of the celebration we now know as “Mother’s Day”? Ann Jarvis was...
Welcome to the Sex Recession
Less sex? What? Surely not. Like many others I shared this news with, you might be surprised and slightly sceptical to hear this. How...
