Michael and Mary Shelley were glamorous Sydney socialites, who became Christian fanatics and kidnappers. Three of their children - Steven, John and Hannah - were secretly placed into foster care with my parents, Lenore and Tom Blaine. The Shelleys were apocalyptically irritated to discover that the children of God had been fostered by working-class Queensland…

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

When Nolan’s space epic was released in 2014, critics picked at the plot holes and scientists picked at the science – now, 11 years later, it’s the internet’s favourite film. Was it just ahead of its time?

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

On the importance of a strong inside strategy.

Patients who had more cells had better outcomes, particularly for aggressive types such as triple-negative breast cancer

A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine: Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

It was one of those nights we wait all year for, the first night where you can go outside without a coat or a sweater. I walked up Lincoln Avenue after an uncommonly good production of Hamlet, and thinking many thoughts about the play. They’d gotten Hamlet right, which is rare enough that I should…

Voice-operated technology can’t cope with non-mainstream varieties of English.

Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunes

How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth: 9781509540235: Economics Books @ Amazon.com

Dr. Richard Harris, aka ‘Dr. Harry,’ and the Wetmules made the first reported hydrogen (H2) rebreather dive to a depth of 230m/751 ft, in The Pearse Resurgence, New Zealand.

Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

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Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.

Some thoughts about how to schedule online meetings for a global organisation in an equitable way.

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture