Medicalising unpleasant character traits or bad behaviors by blaming them on “addictions” worsens the modern tendency to minimise individual responsibility. However, about your sports addiction… Imagine your brain on sports. It is not a pretty picture. The most wondrous thing in the universe is the human brain, and for decades yours has devoted much (most, to be honest) of its ...

You might not have thought it three months ago, when the spread of Covid-19 forced Qantas Airways Ltd to halt international flights and drove its shares to their biggest percentage drop in eight years. But a global pandemic could wind up being good news for the company. Australia’s dominant airline is now something close to a monopoly player. Virgin Australia ...

European Union countries are experimenting with new ways of dealing with the coronavirus. Germany, Portugal and Italy have all enforced selective or “smart” lockdowns, shutting down smaller regions in response to new outbreaks as opposed to bringing their entire countries to a halt. This approach is the only hope of returning to a more normal life as we wait for ...