Back in 2004, there was a broadly cooperative pattern of economic relations between China and the US. It was also a time when Indonesia’s so-called ‘big bang decentralisation’ – which gave away ...

Predictive artificial intelligence (AI) hiring systems (AHSs) are used by employers every day to screen and shortlist job candidates. But while AI hiring systems promise time and cost savings for ...

As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a futuristic fantasy – it’s here, and it’s thinking for us. From generating essays and diagnosing diseases to analysing legal documents and coding ...

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 ...

The 21st century is the age of disinformation. Yet again we’ve seen the potential impact of disinformation on the political winds of elections, but another storm of disinformation is brewing – when it ...

There is evidence that a growing number of Australians cannot afford to access enough nutritious food. Around eight per cent of Victorian adults were severely food insecure in 2022, meaning that they ...

Education does not just impart information; it shapes who we are and who we might be. Since 2010, the Australian Curriculum has included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures ...

In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from ...

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 ...

Gambling advertising has long been a contentious issue in Australia, with critics and regulators regularly raising concerns about the intensity and placement of ads in the media. Online gambling is ...

Three weeks after her 40th birthday, Julie McDonald had a colonoscopy. When she walked into the doctor’s office afterwards, there were photos lined up on the desk. “I knew something wasn’t right,” she ...