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 ...

Advocating for climate change action can sometimes feel like pushing a huge boulder up a hill. News headlines are filled with breaking climate records, while governments, including Australia’s, are ...

When we think of climate change we often think of extreme events like flooding rains and large bushfires. But climate change can also have slower, more subtle impacts on our landscapes. The life cycle ...

Sleep is important for health and wellbeing, and if we don’t get enough sleep, it can impact our productivity and mood, as well as increase our risk of health conditions like cardiovascular disease.

Often, people complain about their jobs and how hard they work. Not us. We love our job as physicists. Our job is to develop new technologies that accelerate particles like electrons, making them ...

After what may have seemed like a lightning offensive, rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have toppled the 50-year-long Assad regime in Syria. Over the last week, the ...

Over the past few weeks in Victoria and other parts of Australia, we’ve been seeing some wild and stormy weather. And with those storms has come the risk of thunderstorm asthma. Ambulance services and ...

Ah, the holidays. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or so we’re told. For many women, the festive season – like many other celebrations – can feel more like a high-stakes marathon than a time ...

This morning, as I headed into work at a clinic in Melbourne, I noticed a few people sleeping rough on the pavement near the entrance. The sun wasn’t yet blazing, but even in the early hours, the heat ...