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The philosophy of motherhood
Laura Kotevska | June 7, 2026The experience of motherhood shouldn’t remain cloistered from view in mothers’ groups but deserves its place in our intellectual, artistic, and public imagination.
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The age of the apostles
Stephen Gallagher | June 7, 2026The “12” apostles are a famous tourist attraction on the Great Ocean Road, but they’re also younger and more fragile than one might expect.
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On the calculation of volume
David McCooey | June 7, 2026On the Calculation of Volume is a fantasy series written by Danish writer Solvej Balle exploring an infinite time loop in a fresh and intriguing way.
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They want to believe
Robbie Moore | June 6, 2026Amanda Lohrey’s new novel captures the uncertainties of reason, doubt and belief in telling the story of an ageing psychiatrist in his sixties who takes on a new group of patients who all claim to have been abducted by aliens.
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A psychopath by any other name…
Ava Green | June 6, 2026The traits associated with psychopathy, such as emotional detachment, reduced empathy, and impulsivity, clearly exist and appear in real interactions but rarely present in the clear, consistent way that diagnostic labels suggest.
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Generwriting
Ryan Leack | June 6, 2026The “generative content” or “synthetic text” produced by large language models certainly isn’t writing in the human sense of the word, so what should we call it?
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Australia’s most expensive illusion
Roger Chao | June 5, 2026Why have Australians, otherwise alert to unfairness and quick to condemn political failure, accepted a settlement around work and housing that now punishes so many of them?
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Battles of perception
Daniel Baldino | June 5, 2026Australia’s vulnerability in future crises may not stem from a lack of military capability, but from how quickly confusion, mistrust and informational disruption can shape public and political responses.
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Connecting the dots on youth mental illness
Yenny Vandalita | June 5, 2026If our youth support programs are working, why do mental health disorders among young people continue to rise?
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Of art and artifice
Elisa Tersigni | June 4, 2026In a landscape increasingly saturated with instant content, the verified effort of a human creator is shifting from a baseline expectation to a highly coveted, bespoke quality. Ultimately, what we value about art is not whether it’s perfect, but its ability to connect us with another human being.
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The risks and rewards of AI biology
Stephen Turner | June 4, 2026Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace.
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Lost in translation
Samantha Dunn | June 4, 2026AI offers an easy and accessible translation service which is putting real translators out of business, but from courtrooms to hospitals, interpreting what people say demands more than language fluency.
