Opinion Dominion

Gravitational waves: A triumph for big science - BBC News I thought this explanation of how the gravity wave detection was achieved is clea...

Unlike some people, I tend to read some reviews of movies before I see them.  Hence I know that I won't be going to see Marvel's Dea...

China's curious cult of the mango - BBC News Gee, the BBC website has a knack for bringing us obscure and odd bits of history from 20th...

Emissions reduction: Scrutinize CO2 removal methods : Nature News & Comment Not a bad article here, looking at some old (and new) ideas...

I hadn't read anything about the CSIRO Chief Executive Larry Marshal until his decision to cut hard into his organisation's climat...

State governments are about to hike up taxes A good, clear column from Peter Martin about how the Commonwealth is leaving it up to the Stat...

Maybe this was understood by others before now, but until this morning I didn't understand why some seemed concerned about on going low ...

Poor old Lionel Shriver, the American (female) author who is usually pretty well reviewed, has written an op-ed piece in the New York Times ...

Everyone knows that the Republicans make stupid statements about "socialised health care", and Ted Cruz repeated the old memes onl...

I see that the Senator Blofeld Party recently had its national conference , with speakers including former Laborite (now conservative friend...

In China, gays say life has changed much for the better - CSMonitor.com If there is significant cultural change in China on the matter of ...

Remember in 2013 I posted about the floods in northern India?    OK, well I did.  Go have a look. Anyway, receiving no attention whatsoeve...

Has anyone else noticed how cheap and delicious this summer's stone fruit seem to be?  My wife bought an enormous cheap tray of yellow n...

Henry Ergas gets decidedly carried away in his column in The Australian contemplating a GST increase today.  First, there's this: Lit...

To help real refugees, be firm with economic migrants | Nick Cohen | Opinion | The Guardian I get the feeling that this column is (as often...

On Insiders this morning, PM Turnbull seemed to be following the line taken by John Quiggin that a GST increase, once you take into accou...

Paul Keating's endorsement of spending cuts may have given small government lovers a thrill, but how seriously one should take someone w...

It's not about sex, it's about identity: why furries are unique among fan cultures | Fashion | The Guardian Where else but the Gua...