The physical pain of extreme hunger and thirst is something you never forget. I vividly recall one occasion when, overwhelmed by hunger, I carefully wiped maggots away from a half-eaten roast chicken ...

Belonging to more than one marginalized group can make building and maintaining social connections significantly harder, often in ways that go far beyond a simple sum of disadvantages. A new study ...

In the near future, couples are given the option of engineering the DNA of their offspring for perfection or they can do nothing, and see what the luck of the genetic draw brings them. But, these ...

Research has established that people who live in communities with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and other forms of social disinvestment are more likely to suffer from poor mental, physical, and ...

Nicholas Biddle currently works for a university research centre that currently receives funding from a number of relevant Federal Government departments, including the Department of Education, ...

Living in a neighborhood with high unemployment rates, poor housing, low school quality, or poverty has been shown to have significant implications for residents' health and well-being. Yet, little is ...

On weekdays, around 40 school-aged children from public housing estates in Fitzroy, Melbourne, attend a breakfast club organised by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. The room is always busy, as milk and ...