Cemeteries are running out of space, and cremation damages the environment, but there are other ways we could honour our dead ...

Head, Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School – Western Precinct, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Acting Head, Colorectal Unit, Western Health; ...

Every employee needs toilets and break facilities, but gig companies don’t provide these, leaving workers dependent on public ...

My brother, a 60-year-old Aboriginal man, recently had a heart attack in a public park on a sunny Sunday whilst celebrating the birthday of his three-year-old granddaughter. He went into cardiac ...

In 1834, the Henty brothers established the first permanent European settlement in Victoria at Portland on unceded Gunditjmara Country. This marked the beginning of violent colonisation in the state, ...

In its standard definition, the word ‘rare’ describes something that doesn’t happen very often. So families who receive a diagnosis of a ‘rare genetic disease’ understandably feel isolated and that ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism are in the news as never before. Media attention is at an all-time high, demand for diagnostic assessments ...

Recently, it emerged that a team of researchers at the University of Zurich had conducted a study to manipulate Reddit users without their consent. The researchers’ aim was to see if a large language ...

Chemical biologist Professor Megan Maher and her zoologist brother Dr Tyrone Lavery hope to one day combine their fields of study and solve new research puzzles together Growing up on Queensland’s ...

Labor’s victory already made the 2025 election one of historic outcomes: the biggest Labor majority since 1943, and the first time an Opposition leader has lost their seat at a federal election. But ...

As a GP for 30 years, standing on the shoulders of giants – prescribing treatments and ordering investigations powered by extraordinary science – I just wanted to say thank you. Neonatal care that ...