Latest
Politics & Society
Special Report
Many Australians are happy in love – but will it stay this way?
The annual HILDA Survey finds most couples rate their partnerships highly, but financial stress takes a heavier toll than anything else
Politics & Society
Special Report
Young Australians are the only age group whose thinking scores are falling
New HILDA Survey data shows cognitive and financial literacy scores falling among Australians aged 15 to 24. What's driving it, and can schools and parents help?
Environment
Opinion
Five buildings that will make you rethink what’s possible
From an evolving family home to a world record timber structure, these five buildings show incredible things are possible with the right materials and mindset
Sciences & Technology
Opinion
Bangladesh's AI law was written by the companies it's meant to regulate
The steering committee for Bangladesh’s national AI policy lists three chief executives of the AI industry. When they help decide the rules that govern them, regulation becomes mere theatre
Sciences & Technology
Research
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous Knowledge of context, consent and community control
Sciences & Technology
Research
How one plume of hot rock built two volcano chains off Australia's coast
Running side by side down Australia's east coast, these two chains of volcanoes should have collided millions of years ago. New research reveals what's kept them apart
Politics & Society
Opinion
Pausing AI gives democracy a chance to catch up
Anthropic's CEO has called for AI to slow down. But if frontier AI can't police itself, who writes the rules, the companies building it or the governments meant to regulate it?
Health & Medicine
Research
How our words reveal shifting attitudes to mental health
The largest-ever study of mental health terminology shows how language has changed over 45 years, reflecting our changing attitudes toward mental illness and disability
Sciences & Technology
Research
Why Melbourne makes you sneeze in spring
We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame