Triumph of the mall: how Victor Gruen’s grand urban vision became our suburban shopping reality
GettyImagesThe holiday season is a time of merriment and joy, a time to gather with friends and family, when we’re...
Motor Vehicles
Does the Australian Grand Prix belong in a public park?
Save Albert Park unsuccessfully campaigned to relocate the Grand Prix to a permanent track. AAP/David CroslingFrom Thursday through Sunday this...
FactCheck: do Australians pay high petrol taxes?
UPDATED ON TUESDAY 22 JULY: See editor’s note below for details on the updates. In this year’s federal budget, the...
Electric vehicles go from status symbol to company workhorse
h If press coverage is any measure, it appears that electric vehicles (EVs) have finally arrived. Tesla’s Model S was...
Spinal cord injury: big hope is cell therapy but exercise is best for now
It's still early days for cell therapy. Michael Dorausch/Flickr, CC BY-SAYou might have heard about Darek Fidyka, the paralysed man...
The math on why the Trump administration’s fuel standards report is seriously flawed
Conflicting fuel standard reports from the Trump and Obama administrations disagree by billions of dollars. nata-lunata/shutterstock.comFuel economy standards are an...
Online carjacking: do auto manufacturers realise dangers of networked motors?
When your car becomes a computer, your problems just got much bigger. car by Denys Prykhodov/shutterstock.comWhile computers bring great benefits...
How old is too old to drive?
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II at a horse show in 2018. On Jan. 17, 2019, Prince Philip crashed his...
Australia’s new emissions rules will put yet another bump in the road for diesels
Diesel cars have been rather controversial lately, as anyone who has been following Volkswagen’s recent tribulations will know. In the...
Baby boomers are increasingly more likely to risk drink-driving than millennials
shutterstock“Baby boomers”, all now over the age of 50, have shown the fastest rise in rates of alcohol and drug...
