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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

Chemical biologist Professor Megan Maher and her zoologist brother Dr Tyrone Lavery hope to one day combine their fields of study and solve new research puzzles together Growing up on Queensland’s ...

Our heart and brain work together tirelessly throughout our lives. The brain regulates heart activity, while the heart supplies oxygenated blood to the brain. Neither organ can function without the ...

Recently, it emerged that a team of researchers at the University of Zurich had conducted a study to manipulate Reddit users without their consent. The researchers’ aim was to see if a large language ...

In 1834, the Henty brothers established the first permanent European settlement in Victoria at Portland on unceded Gunditjmara Country. This marked the beginning of violent colonisation in the state, ...

Labor’s victory already made the 2025 election one of historic outcomes: the biggest Labor majority since 1943, and the first time an Opposition leader has lost their seat at a federal election. But ...

The Labor Party’s landslide win in the federal election on 3 May 2025 has raised speculation and hopes that the second-term Albanese Labor government might take national climate and energy policy to a ...