Gen Y's dirty little secret
Young adults who live at home into adulthood still rely on their mothers to do housework, new research has found.
Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Trend survey 2012: 'The Dutch are online any time, any place'
The internet has secured an increasingly prominent place in the everyday lives of the Dutch population, whether at home or at work. Nearly every section of the population is spending more time online and reaping more of the ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Generation next: Where to for Australia's young people?
A new report shows that one in four young Australians are not fully engaged in employment or training despite government targets aiming to get more young people qualified or into a job. ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Computer science helping the aged stay home
University of Adelaide computer scientists are leading a project to develop novel sensor systems to help older people keep living independently and safely in their own homes.
Nov 14, 2012
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Trouble at Brazil mega-dam stops construction for now
Work on Brazil's controversial $13 billion Belo Monte mega-dam ground to a halt Monday after protesters torched buildings at three dam construction sites over the weekend, the developer said.
Nov 12, 2012
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Brazil resumes work on major dam after protests
Work has resumed on the massive Belo Monte Dam in Brazil's Amazon after the public consortium reached a deal with indigenous groups and fishermen who had occupied one of its building sites.
Oct 19, 2012
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A cancer diagnosis does not make young people religious
A sociologist of religion from the University of Copenhagen has interviewed 21 young patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer about their religious beliefs. She concludes that a cancer diagnosis ...
Oct 18, 2012
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New online database showcases tribal governance resources
A new database developed at the University of Arizona is serving as an online resource center for Indigenous people across the nation – and beyond – who are in search of information on Native Nation governance ...
Oct 15, 2012
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Judge scraps Amazon dam hearing
A federal judge has suspended a planned hearing for fishermen and indigenous people occupying a disputed dam in Brazil's Amazon after they failed to vacate the site, developers said.
Oct 15, 2012
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Developers of gadget interfaces must consider interactive skills, reactions of older users
Queensland University of Technology researchers have found the reasons why parents and grandparents often complain their children can pick up a gadget and use it straight away or that they need them to set ...
Oct 08, 2012
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Environmentalism is not about being rich or poor
Higher and lower incomes make little difference to people's concern about the natural environment, according to new research from the University of Bristol. A paper published today in the European Sociological Re ...
Sep 28, 2012
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Why Curiosity matters
Adam Steltzner doesn't sound much like an ordinary engineer.
Sep 24, 2012
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Indigenous women 'invisible' to justice
Indigenous women are often invisible in the administration of justice, posing a serious obstacle to basic freedoms and fundamental rights to self-determination, UNSW law professor Megan Davis has told a United Nations panel.
Sep 20, 2012
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Topper site in middle of comet controversy
(Phys.org)—Did a massive comet explode over Canada 12,900 years ago, wiping out both beast and man in North America and propelling the earth back into an ice age?
Sep 18, 2012
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Assets of older people need to be protected
(Phys.org)—With an ageing population and the competing interests of the individual, the family, service providers, the market and the state in the use of older people's financial assets, protection and quality management ...
Sep 17, 2012
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