Analysis

Australia's NAPLAN results show most children meet basic reading standards, but critical literacy skills like analysing and verifying information point to worrying declines

Imagine a future where everyone has enough, on a planet that stays liveable. A new report makes a compelling case it's within reach

While viral claims about water use don't hold up, the real story is worth understanding. It comes down to where these centres are built, what water they use and how they report it

Every World Cup, coaches are quick to call penalty shootouts a lottery. A neuroscientist who has worked with elite coaches explains why they say it and how teams actually prepare

Flooding, displacement and housing insecurity are no longer distant issues. Houses that move with people are helping communities in Bangladesh adapt to a changing environment

Blast waves, acoustic trauma and sonic booms pose serious, underexamined risks to the threatened species living near proposed launch sites like South Australia's Whalers Way

Written in fury after a failed trial in 1485, the Malleus Maleficarum fuelled 150 years of witch hunts that shaped how Europe imagined, hunted and executed women

The H5 bird flu virus has been detected in Australia for the first time, raising fears for wildlife, livestock and the nation's biosecurity. Here's what the experts say, and what you can do to help

Australia keeps reaching for tax reform to fix the housing crisis, but the 2026 Federal Budget still didn't tackle one of our biggest problems. What it missed was speed.