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The law relies on being precise. AI is disrupting that

Businesses, governments and firms are continuing to experiment with generative AI, but for lawyers and courts, accuracy matters

Arts & Culture

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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