Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle
Analysis
Science

Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle

It might not feel like it,given recent interest rate jumps and a rising cost of living,but we live in a very rich country.

  • byLiam Mannix

Latest

Left- and right-wing brains are wired differently. Can that gap be bridged?

Left- and right-wing brains are wired differently. Can that gap be bridged?

Research has found conservatives have more grey matter in their amygdala,which processes fear,while left-wing liberals have a higher capacity to tolerate uncertainty.

  • byAngus Dalton
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese organisation of atomic bombing survivors Nihon Hidankyo

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese organisation of atomic bombing survivors Nihon Hidankyo

Jørgen Watne Frydnes,chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,said the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapon is under pressure.”

  • byMike Corder andElena Becatoros
Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so

Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so

A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South Korea and Europe,Han is the first Asian woman to win the Nobel literature prize.

  • byDaniel Niemann,Jill Lawless andMike Corder
How Epstein wheedled his way into Bill Gates’ world – and why Melinda hated it

How Epstein wheedled his way into Bill Gates’ world – and why Melinda hated it

The billionaire Microsoft co-founder took a reputational hit from his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • byAnupreeta Das
The Nobel Prize winning banker tasked with leading his country out of chaos

The Nobel Prize winning banker tasked with leading his country out of chaos

Student leaders who organised the protests in Bangladesh have wanted Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government.

  • bySheikh Saaliq andJulhas Alam
Advertisement
What have the Simpsons got to do with a Nobel laureate’s latest novel?

What have the Simpsons got to do with a Nobel laureate’s latest novel?

A strange presence in Jon Fosse’s latest short novel is a tantalising invitation to curiosity and doubt.

  • byBram Presser
Will a revolutionary DNA-editing tool end disease – or threaten humanity?

Will a revolutionary DNA-editing tool end disease – or threaten humanity?

When US biochemist Jennifer Doudna discovered the key for editing DNA,she opened scientific frontiers full of promise – and peril.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Nobel laureates,Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

Nobel laureates,Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  • byHelen Pitt
Last month she received the Nobel Peace Prize. This week she stopped eating

Last month she received the Nobel Peace Prize. This week she stopped eating

Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike from her prison cell in Iran.

  • byJon Gambrell
Goldin’s Nobel prize shows flexible work is key for women,despite what CEOs say

Goldin’s Nobel prize shows flexible work is key for women,despite what CEOs say

Her research shows remote work of the pandemic era is not an “aberration”,as some CEOs have labelled it,but a regression toward the mean.

  • bySarah Green Carmichael