When Marieke Hardy struck up a conversation with a stranger on a plane, she didn't expect to cry afterwards. She certainly didn't expect to ask herself: where will I be when my father dies?
As the number of cyclists and heavy vehicles on our roads is increasing, so is the potential for conflict. It is appalling that we still find it acceptable that drivers of large vehicles have restricted vision, writes Alan Davies.
Some residents and authorities argue planting trees in streets is too much trouble, but there's no question that the benefits far outweigh the costs, writes Alan Davies.
After writing to Playboy asking to bare all, Bollywood actor Sherlyn Chopra is set to become the first woman from India to appear naked in the magazine, reports The Huff Po.
The notion of what is 'evil' has been confused by shifting historical contexts, writes Rollo Romig. The word no longer suggests supernatural forces, so what does it mean and what relevance does it have?
Criticism of the ABS's suicide statistics is unwarranted, but the picture it paints is not all positive.
Should building structures contain symbolic messages? Alan Davies discusses architectural metaphor using two prominent examples in Melbourne and Sydney.
The term "feminist" appeared years after the death of Marilyn Monroe, who ingeniously made herself into a star despite numerous disabilities, writes Lois Banner in a extract from her new book.
Has somebody ever told you they can smell a storm approaching? They weren't lying. Weather patterns can produce distinctive odours, writes Daisy Yuhas.
Evolutionary psychology often seems like a "just so" story and it has the unfortunate quality of not being, unless we discover time travel, falsifiable. But it does have some very useful insights into how we think and act today.
