John Elder
Twenty years on from the Silk-Miller killings
Twenty years ago, Gary Silk and Rodney Miller were sitting in an unmarked Commodore in front of a Chinese restaurant called the...
Round or square? Aussie researcher solves the gold cup illusion
Is this gold mug round or square? This is the latest illusion question boiling away online – with comparisons to the blue...
Dire warnings of Brexit food shortages
Fool Britannia! In a lemming-like return to the good old days, those woebegone whingers – known as the Brexiteers – are set...
Extreme measures: The heat is on … once again
Greece and California on fire and people are dying once again. Japan suffers the worst flooding and landslide in decades, followed by...
Dick Smith’s big Aldi deception
Those damn conniving Germans! Getting us trusting Aussies addicted to their cheap Bavarian sausages and Black Forest cabbage and clunky-Fräulein footwear. As...
What makes that humble Selena Gomez pic so great
If you want a photograph of yourself to go viral, be prepared to push emotional buttons. For celebrities, that requires the context...
‘It’s quite weird’: Women with PhDs ‘shamed’ for using the prefix ‘Dr’
Almost every day, someone new mocks ABC broadcaster Dr Julia Baird on her Twitter feed for her use of the honorific ‘Dr’. Just...
Go figure: Aussies’ sense of safety ranks on par with Philippines
Duck for cover and bolt the door! According to the Gallup Global Law and Order report for 2018, Australians enjoy the same...
Fast but not better: The skinny on the Poldark diet
Fasting has become the latest dieting fad, and the superstar of the moment is Aidan Turner of BBC series Poldark. But is it any...
The IMF’s $66 billion do-or-die effort to get Argentina back on its feet
The International Monetary Fund has put up $US50 billion ($66.1 million) to rescue Argentina from long-standing economic oblivion. It’s the biggest loan...