Cemeteries are running out of space, and cremation damages the environment, but there are other ways we could honour our dead ...

Every employee needs toilets and break facilities, but gig companies don’t provide these, leaving workers dependent on public ...

When researchers secretly used AI bots on Reddit to study how AI can influence human opinion it became a landmark moment for ...

As a GP for 30 years, standing on the shoulders of giants – prescribing treatments and ordering investigations powered by extraordinary science – I just wanted to say thank you. Neonatal care that ...

In early May, the US President Donald Trump announced a forthcoming 100 per cent tariff on “films produced in foreign lands”. It is unclear whether ‘films’ means any screen content or just content ...

It may seem an odd analogy, but managing a health issue is a lot like driving a car. We want the fastest, safest and most reliable journey possible. We certainly want the same thing if we need a ...

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 ...

In 2025, the world entered a new era of American unilateralism. The Trump administration is breaking norms, assailing public institutions and upturning laws. The disruption in the US includes the ...

Having spent the majority of her adult life working as a tailoress in factories across Melbourne, Cresswell was highly skilled in her trade, but she still had trouble making ends meet. In Australia at ...

Alison Harcourt (nee Doig) is a pioneer in the mathematical field of optimisation. In 1960, she co-authored a ground-breaking paper that proposed an optimal method to solve complex decision problems ...

Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts; Lead, Melbourne Climate Futures Research stream for Politics and Policy, University of Melbourne ...