People who submit prayers online are more likely to pray for themselves as opposed to those who pray in church.
A study…
The level of on-field violence in AFL games has declined since the inception of the Match Review Panel.
Dr Ross Booth and…
The thought of death can lead to better health, altruism, and even reduced divorce rates.
A new study commissioned by the…
Australian street gangs share many similarities with the early larrikin spirit of the Ned Kelly era.
Melissa Bellanta, a…
Australian youth are more likely to attend football games for reasons of friendship rather than pre-game entertainment…
The cassava crop, a staple food of Southeast Africa, is now considered unsafe for human consumption.
The research led by…
When experts work in pairs they are better at solving problems than when they work alone, research from the University of…
Humanist funerals that emphasise the individual are a truer reflection of contemporary western society than traditional religious…
More than two decades of work to reduce the rate of child marriages has produced mixed results, a new study has found.
Researchers…
Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs than non-overweight women..
A study from…
New research from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research has found that young people who receive…
Thinking in a foreign language leads to more rational decision making and favourable risk-taking, research from the University…
A person’s spirituality is not determined by one single area of the brain, proving that it is more dynamic and complex than…
Belief in god is higher among the elderly regardless of where they live, according to a new international study.
The research…
Sea levels in the South West Pacific have risen up to 20cm since the late 19th century.
Dr Patrick Moss from The University…
Threats that have the potential to kill more than 100 people frighten people significantly more than those that would only…
The concentration of “big-box” retail stores, such as K-Mart, Wal-Mart or Target, in the US correlates with the number of…
Men have almost double the chance of surviving a shipwreck compared to women, a new study has found.
Economists from Uppsala…
People who drink heavily into their 30s feel immature for their age, research has found.
The researchers from the University…
Young men are more likely to fall asleep while driving than their older counterparts.
A Monash University study looked at…
Children playing with puzzles between the ages of 26 and 46 months of age display better spatial skills at the age of 54…
A new study has shown that addressing child hunger at an individual and family level may not be enough, with only 70% of…
People who feel ignored or ostracised online experience the same emotions as those who encounter similar situations in the…
Some worms display an apparently limitless ability to regenerate aged or damaged tissue.
Unlike human cells which show signs…
People raised by authoritarian parents, particularly fathers, show a tendency to express homophobic opinions and conceal…