• Education and Training

    NAPLAN scores survived the COVID closures


    Katie Miller |  November 11, 2024


    A new study co-authored by researchers from UNSW Business School and University of Sydney suggests that Australian students’ NAPLAN scores remained stable despite the COVID lockdowns, but the social and psychological effects of the long-lock downs are less certain.


  • Media

    Finding a cure for “digital flu”


    David Grimes |  November 11, 2024


    Misinformation spreads like a virus online, but this model also offers hope for countermeasures such as ‘prebunking’.


  • Human Interest

    To live


    Shiori Shakuto |  November 11, 2024


    Japan, like Australia, has an ageing population so what can we learn from the ways that Japanese men and women handle the changes and transitions of later life?


Latest Story

  • Fit kids make happy teens and healthy adults

    Grace McKeon     |      November 11, 2024

    The mental health benefits of exercise for adults are well known, and staying active could also be a key ingredient to safeguarding and enhancing young people’s mental health.

  • The odd couple

    Michael McKernan     |      November 10, 2024

    The Odd Couple could not come at a more critical time. As American democracy faces its biggest test in generations, Allan Behm brings a creative and deeply researched approach to the long-term Australia–US relationship, putting it in historical and cultural perspective and revealing its true nature.

  • War in the clouds

    Andrew Horton     |      November 10, 2024

    Relying on foreign cloud providers raises serious concerns about who ultimately controls our data and the systems that host it.

  • Quieting the voices

    Open Forum     |      November 10, 2024

    People with psychosis who hear distressing voices could benefit from a new therapy which allows them to confront a digital embodiment of the voice.

  • A beacon of hope

    Robert Horvath     |      November 9, 2024

    Alexei Navalny’s posthumously published autobiography details his brave struggle against Putin’s tyranny and offers hope his death at the hands of Russia’s corrupt and brutal penal system will not have been in vain.

  • Inequality breeds discontent

    Nicholas Biddle     |      November 9, 2024

    A meta-study of public opinion polls reveals that Australians who resent gross inequalities in income levels also have less faith in that nation’s democratic institutions.

  • Food, glorious food

    Open Forum     |      November 9, 2024

    In the lead up to Australian Food Safety Week, 9 to 16 November 2024, the Food Safety Information Council today urged consumers to ‘look before they cook’ and read the safety advice on food labels such as cooking and storage instructions as well as use by and best before dates.

  • Will a children’s social media ban work?

    Lisa Given     |      November 8, 2024

    The Federal government is moving ahead with plans to ban children under 16 from using social media platforms but many questions remain about the practicality and effectiveness of the proposed policy.

  • Why Trump won

    Alex Hinton     |      November 8, 2024

    No, it wasn’t a nightmare, the United States really have re-elected Donald Trump to the Presidency. What on Earth were they thinking?

  • Why Harris lost

    Emma Shortis     |      November 8, 2024

    Why did working class white women and swathes of the Democratic base abandon Kamala Harris and vote for Donald Trump – or not vote at all?

  • The triumph of Trump

    Jared Mondschein     |      November 7, 2024

    For better or worse, the American electorate has propelled Donald Trump back into power, so what will happen now?

  • A new approach to bushfire management

    Open Forum     |      November 7, 2024

    Australia’s escalating bushfire crisis calls for an urgent, comprehensive national reset, according to a new report entitled ‘Pathways for Sustainable Coexistence with Wildfires’.