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 ...

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.

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 ...

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?

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 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 ...

The Euroa Arboretum on Taungurung Country in northern Victoria is a conservation centre that is home to many rare and important plant species. And now its residents include a group of small ...

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 ...

It’s transmitted by one specific family of mosquitos called Anopheles. Until relatively recently, malaria was prevalent across Australia’s northern tropics, courtesy of one main mosquito species – ...

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 ...

Diseases involving our metabolism – including obesity and type 2 diabetes – affect more than a quarter of the global population and are projected to become the leading cause of death by 2030. With no ...