In this Episode of In Pursuit of Knowledge we ask why multiculturalism in Australia appears to be under significant strain, and what can we do to repair it?

Archives are strange things. On one hand, they are repositories of the past and the people that came before us. On the other, they are partial snapshots that do not adequately capture diverse cultural ...

Amphibians have been on Earth for more than 400 million years. As the first land-based vertebrates, they evolved from fish during the Devonian period. Frogs are one of three orders of living ...

Many Australians take for granted that workers have a right to strike – that is, the right to withdraw one’s labour in order to improve working conditions. So does much of the rest of the world.

Technology is often seen as a threat to democracy, with the surge in AI capabilities the latest big concern. This historic year of elections has put the complex relationship between technology and ...

The Australian Government wants to ban kids from social media – but will it work and is it a good idea? Teaching children to use technology appropriately is not a new challenge for parenting. However, ...

Over the last couple of years, e-scooters have become a staple throughout Melbourne’s CBD, with the rent-and-ride model offering many Victorians a convenient, accessible and environmentally friendly ...

Most of us would only associate ‘tractor beams’ with sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Star Trek. And while it’s unlikely that we’ll see a spaceship being sucked into a mothership in real life, ...

The combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and location intelligence has given rise to a revolutionary technology known as geospatial artificial intelligence or GeoAI. The technology brings ...

From movies to TV and parental anecdotes, teenagers are often characterised as risk-taking and impulsive with poor decision-making skills. In most of popular depictions, these qualities of teen ...

According to ancient Greek legend, the origins of the olive tree lie in a competition between the god Poseidon and goddess Athena for possession of Athens. Zeus appointed the twelve gods as judges and ...