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Arts & Culture
Under the Microscope
The journey of a master dyer
The tradition of Bhutanese organic dyeing is gradually disappearing. But master dyer, Kencho Dekar, is working with the Grimwade Centre to preserve the vibrant colours and stories in Bhutanese textiles

Health & Medicine
Research
How to SNAPP a bacterial cell
Computer simulations are helping develop a new generation of bacteria-busting molecules and demonstrating the deadly power that could help solve the antimicrobial resistance crisis

Arts & Culture
Research
Yes, there’s such a thing as zombie porn
The porn industry has been smuttying up pop culture for decades, and zombie porn just reflects our weird appetites

Sciences & Technology
Analysis
Scientists have created a manifesto for our ocean
The ocean is fundamental to life on our planet and to our future. It’s time for leaders to listen to the evidence-based science and act

Politics & Society
65,000 Years: A short history of Australian art
A new exhibition celebrating the brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, while confronting the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history, has opened at the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art

Health & Medicine
Research
A new AI algorithm is working to get chemotherapy dosing right
The way we dose chemotherapy is crude. Cancer patients can end up with bad reactions that put them off continuing treatment. A new AI tool aims to change that

Health & Medicine
Research
Australia’s largest pharmaceutical companies need to do more to reduce their carbon footprint
Big pharma is big carbon, but multi-billion-dollar drug companies have a mixed record on efforts towards net-zero

Politics & Society
Analysis
New business models could help save Australia from its housing crisis
With housing affordability at a record low, new business models could offer a unique solution. But we need to rethink the way we own and build homes

Politics & Society
Opinion
‘What version of the past is promoted and what’s obscured?’
As the Yoorrook Walk for Truth travels through western Victoria, we reflect on the colonial pastoralists from that area who dispossessed Indigenous people while enriching our university