Society
Conservative governments protect more land while socialists and nationalists threaten more species
The dire state of biodiversity across the globe suggests not all governments are willing to act decisively to protect nature. Why is that the case, and is a country’s political ideology a factor?
Should school nurses weigh students? We asked 5 experts
One in four Australian children aged two to 17 are classified as above a healthy weight, based on their body mass index (or BMI, which is weight divided by height squared).
Australia’s first civilian jury was entirely female. Here’s how ‘juries of matrons’ shaped our legal history.
It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born.
