US President Joe Biden has compared Russia's nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, which occurred sixty years ago.

Australia and Japan have both agreed on the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA); the RAA is more important than it seems as it indicates that both Japan and Australia share a common strategic outlook.

More and more people are interested in buying real estate in virtual worlds—land that only exists online.

Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) estimates that ten per cent of university students submit assignments written by another person.

This article suggests that new research indicates that there is a better way for people to deal with narcissists by first trying to understand them.

This ZDNet article argues that without an increase in supporting Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure, we are likely to continue to drive fossil-fuel-powered vehicles for the foreseeable future.

This Dec 21 ASPI article argues that because it might take until 2040 before Australia acquires nuclear submarines, buying second-hand Japanese submarines might be worth exploring as an interim step.

The trend of lying flat (basically 'dropping out' what hippies did in the sixties) started among young Chinese males who, fed up with the demanding level of competition at school, college and work, decided that their well-being demanded that they just drop out and pretty well do nothing.

This Dec 21 Guardian article argues that the global supply chain crisis will take two years to overcome bottlenecks.

On 25 Dec 2021, NASA launched the most advanced telescope ever built, the James Webb Telescope, named after the Director of NASA, who oversaw the moon landings.