More than 50% of the world's plant species have been discovered by 2% of plant collectors, scientists have found.

The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true.

Why did Renaissance shoppers fill their baskets with rosaries, crucifixes, Christ-dolls and devotional paintings? A new study by historian Mary Laven investigates the significance of Catholic clutter, as she explains.

The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia McDowall.

A project concluding this weekend examines why women choose to convert to Islam - and what the experience is like.

University of Sydney academics have been recognised for the significant contributions they've made in their fields and to their communities with the latest round of Australia Day Honours, announced yesterday by the Governor-General.

by Morgan Kelly - A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined.

Almost 70 years after the end of the Second World War a groundbreaking forensic archaeological study by the University of Birmingham has unearthed evidence of hidden burial sites at a former death camp where more than 800,000 Jews perished during the Holocaust.

In public programs, Stanford scholars share their views on the groundbreaking artistic endeavors of photographer Walker Evans.

Liberal-democratic attitudes in the Middle East and North Africa aren't universal, say two University of Toronto sociologists.

“I’m glad I got away from the Germans and I’m grateful to the Swedes that I’m alive and that they have taken such good care of me.” These are the concluding words of a woman’s account of her years in a concentration camp.

Religious freedom in Europe and North America is being endangered by the courts, an Oxford University academic has claimed in a new book.