I’m going to say at the outset, I am a Taylor Swift fan. She is my Goddess and I am one of the millions of very excited Swifties going to her Eras Tour. Taylor is known for her brilliant songwriting ...

Education provides opportunities for individuals and equips society to meet its challenges. Life expectancy, health outcomes and income generation all increase proportionately with the level of ...

It’s a perennial topic of conversation and even inspired the classic hit by Crowded House, Four Seasons in One Day – but why is Melbourne’s weather so changeable? Freak storms, heat waves and sudden ...

Monotremes are among the world’s strangest animals, mixing mammalian and reptilian characteristics in the one creature. When British scientists in the 18th Century first saw a platypus they dismissed ...

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 ...

It doesn’t take long, if you spend any time on social media, to come across a meme, reel or TikTok taking a side in the US actor Johnny Depp’s defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Social ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly upended lives, jobs and economies – but we’re yet to see the full impact on housing. In a time of enormous uncertainty, understanding what’s happening in the housing ...

In Australia, the corporal punishment of children is legal. In all states and territories, parents or carers are permitted to punish children using physical force with the intent to cause some degree ...

Houses were fumigated, people quarantined, and entire families ostracised. Desperately worried parents resorted to hanging pungent camphor around their children’s necks in a misguided effort to ward ...

In around 1833 the first specimens of fossilised wood from Antarctica were reported by surgeon, naturalist and artist James Eights. We now know that fossils are, in fact, abundant in Antarctica, and ...

Human beings have five senses – taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. These senses help us navigate the world and act as warning signs of dangers. We use them to make everyday decisions; for example ...

The Alice Springs crime wave gained widespread coverage in the past week. This crime wave and particularly the data on domestic violence assaults draws attention to a contentious issue that goes ...