Livestock feed crops are under threat from aphids that evolved resistance up to 35 times stronger than normal. Now University ...

Predictive artificial intelligence (AI) hiring systems (AHSs) are used by employers every day to screen and shortlist job candidates. But while AI hiring systems promise time and cost savings for ...

As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of ...

Housework, child care, caring for elderly or disabled relatives, and work to keep the home running are still largely women’s work in Australia. This is despite the fact that, during the past 20 years, ...

How hot was it yesterday? Did those storms keep you awake? What’s happening with the fires? Have you seen how much rain is falling up North? We all love to talk about the weather, and right now it is ...

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 ...

Advocating for climate change action can sometimes feel like pushing a huge boulder up a hill. News headlines are filled with breaking climate records, while governments, including Australia’s, are ...

From movies to TV and parental anecdotes, teenagers are often characterised as risk-taking and impulsive with poor decision-making skills. In most of popular depictions, these qualities of teen ...

The Australian Government wants to ban kids from social media – but will it work and is it a good idea? Teaching children to use technology appropriately is not a new challenge for parenting. However, ...

Education does not just impart information; it shapes who we are and who we might be. Since 2010, the Australian Curriculum has included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures ...

In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from ...

Australia’s young adults are putting their traditional steps towards adulthood on hold – spending more time living in the parental home. In fact, just over half of young men (54 per cent) and 47 per ...