Ever since the dawn of cinema, audiences have been captivated by visions of outer space – drawn into the thrill of traversing far-off galaxies aboard fantastical spaceships brimming with curious ...

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 ...

This work was funded by the Victorian Government Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, ...

Ageing or living with a disability can be a confronting experience for many older people and their families. Add to this the difficulties of living in another country, experiencing language barriers ...

If you’re out on the roads this summer, chances are you might see some wildlife on your travels. Many of us will also be familiar with the sad but common sight of injured or dead animals by the side ...

Welcome to the age of the blob internet, a time in which the world wide web is overrun by bots automated to spam us, imitate us and ensure that we are all stuck picking fire hydrants from six ...

Supporting mature-aged students in rural communities is key to securing Australia’s regional health workforce, says ...

From developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to the impact of disinformation on democracy, 2024 was a year marked by big social, technological, political and economic shifts. And sometimes we all ...

In Part Two of this series, we explore what some of the University of Melbourne’s academics and researchers were watching, reading or listening to in 2024 that gave them unexpected insights, new ways ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia’s most bizarre mammals. Known as ‘itjaritjari’ to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely observed, ...

Now that the gifts have been exchanged, the hordes have been fed and the leftovers packed away, hopefully you can put your feet up for a bit of R&R (meaning relaxation and reading). Here are six books ...