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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scattered across the University of Melbourne are more than one hundred 16mm film prints – many of them stored away, gathering dust. Some of these prints, like Nathaniel Dorsky’s 1983 experimental film ...

With five weeks of school summer holidays (that’s around 25 days of weekday activities to organise), being online is a major attraction for most kids and a concern for most parents and carers. The ...

Is your teen calling you ‘bro’ when you’re pretty sure you’re not their brother? Picture: Getty Images It’s tempting to be a pedant and tell them they need to put a dollar in a jar every time they say ...

In late 2021, the nation was gripped in a socio-political controversy not seen for years – how do you play pass-the-parcel? It was sparked by a now (in)famous Bluey episode, where Lucky’s dad decides ...