You may have seen some of the alarming headlines and viral statistics about artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in Australia. Whether it’s the amount of water they consume to keep their servers ...

Young Australians are struggling. Almost three in 10 are experiencing high psychological distress, nearly a quarter feel lonely most of the time, and around 60 per cent face some form of social ...

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 ...

With cases on the rise, we may be in for a tough flu season in Australia this year. Everyone is talking about getting your Flu vaccine, but are you also up to date with the most recent COVID booster ...

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 ...

In the final episode of Netflix’s harrowing miniseries, Adolescence, the parents of Jamie Miller – the 13-year-old boy accused of killing a girl at his school which precipitates the events of the show ...

Whichever way the data in the latest annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is sliced and diced, the picture that emerges for single parents is harsh. They have some ...

Melbourne is projected to be the largest city in Australia by 2031–2032. This rate of growth and the pressure it puts on our urban infrastructure, particularly transport infrastructure, is a big ...

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 ...

Sixteen years ago, Ecuador was the first country to recognise the rights of Nature in its constitution. Since then, the idea has transitioned from the fringes of environmental law to become a rapidly ...

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 ...

It feels like Australia is in a never-ending cycle of climate-related disasters. In December 2023 alone we saw flooding inundate Northern Queensland, bushfires blaze through north-west New South Wales ...