Fine Arts & Music

Environment

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After 100 years, the song of a lost cricket returns to Venice Lagoon

As part of the Venice Biennale festival, the Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket has been reintroduced to lagoons via floating habitats, creating both an art installation and an ecological experiment

Arts & Culture

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Research

Seeing the world through a cat’s eyes

An artist and scientist explore how cats see digital media – through lenses of colour, attention and imagination – in ‘Cat Island’, an artwork for Science Gallery Melbourne

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

The unseen environmental cost of a fleeting film set

As climate concerns grow, the film and television industry is trialling new sustainable practices, with one new series focusing on eco-friendly materials to reduce carbon footprint

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

Heated Rivalry is everywhere (except it's not)

The queer Canadian hockey romance has dominated social media and cultural conversation this summer, but viewing figures tell a very different story about who's actually watching

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

Please don’t let us down with this ending, Stranger Things

The final season has arrived. So, have the Duffer Brothers orchestrated an ending that satisfies our nostalgia for the '80s, the fragility of adolescence and the power of friendship?

Education

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Special Report

How gaming is finding its place in education

From cooperative space adventures teaching neurodivergent teens collaboration to VR taking biology students inside the human body, educators are harnessing the power of play

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

What makes a short story great?

The best stories crackle with a kind of electricity, but why they grab us can be hard to articulate. A new podcast is trying to find the answer

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

‘How we bring Indigenous knowledges into the academy is as important as the knowledge itself’

A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Navigate MIFF without losing your mind – or missing a masterpiece

The Melbourne International Film Festival program can be overwhelming, so here’s a few tips to help you find your way through Australia’s premier film fortnight

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Pride is still a protest

PRIDE month is more than a time of recognition, it’s a call to action. It reminds us that while visibility is empowering, it can come at a cost