A new book from Melbourne University Press argues that our focus on AUKUS and ongoing dependency on the US makes Australia ...

COVID-19 changed lives – arguably, in most cases, for the worse. The immediate and longer-term impacts of the pandemic brought loss of lives, lockdowns, isolation and ongoing physical and mental ill ...

Mis- and disinformation have once again been named the top global risk of the immediate term in the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025. This comes just days after Meta ...

Sixteen years ago, Ecuador was the first country to recognise the rights of Nature in its constitution. Since then, the idea has transitioned from the fringes of environmental law to become a rapidly ...

Healthcare professionals deal with the outcomes of climate change but can also be part of the solution say University of Melbourne experts ...

Detailed pictures of one of the first galaxies show growth in the early Universe was much faster than first thought, says a University of Melbourne expert.

I’m a 22-year-old ecologist from Yorta Yorta land in northern Victoria. I have a passion for native bees and my work aims to help bees in their urgent need for conservation. Clancy (second from right) ...

To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed, says University of Melbourne expert.

Digital nomads are criticised for gentrifying local communities, but responses vary according to economic circumstances says a University of Melbourne expert ...

Dr Tharaka Gunawardena: How could prefab help tackle Australia’s housing crisis? Due to the diminishing availability of skilled labour and the demand for quicker construction, prefab is fast becoming ...

Vanilla is not sweet, bitter, sour, umami or fatty, yet it is easily recognisable and most people would say that it is sweet. However, this is just the brain making an association between the ...

At the heart of the Robodebt scheme was an algorithm that cross-referenced fortnightly Centrelink payment data with annual income data provided by the Australian Tax Office (ATO). And the idea was to ...