Supporting mature-aged students in rural communities is key to securing Australia’s regional health workforce, says ...

In Part Two of this series, we explore what some of the University of Melbourne’s academics and researchers were watching, reading or listening to in 2024 that gave them unexpected insights, new ways ...

From developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to the impact of disinformation on democracy, 2024 was a year marked by big social, technological, political and economic shifts. And sometimes we all ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia’s most bizarre mammals. Known as ‘itjaritjari’ to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely observed, ...

Now that the gifts have been exchanged, the hordes have been fed and the leftovers packed away, hopefully you can put your feet up for a bit of R&R (meaning relaxation and reading). Here are six books ...

Scattered across the University of Melbourne are more than one hundred 16mm film prints – many of them stored away, gathering dust. Some of these prints, like Nathaniel Dorsky’s 1983 experimental film ...

Advocating for climate change action can sometimes feel like pushing a huge boulder up a hill. News headlines are filled with breaking climate records, while governments, including Australia’s, are ...

When we think of climate change we often think of extreme events like flooding rains and large bushfires. But climate change can also have slower, more subtle impacts on our landscapes. The life cycle ...

We all know the game. The chairs are in the middle; the kids circle round. All of a sudden, the music stops. There’s a rush to put bums on seats: and someone always misses out. It’s been a big week in ...

Sleep is important for health and wellbeing, and if we don’t get enough sleep, it can impact our productivity and mood, as well as increase our risk of health conditions like cardiovascular disease.

Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest natural disaster, causing more deaths than any other natural hazard. The intensity and frequency of heatwaves are predicted to increase due to climate change, ...

Often, people complain about their jobs and how hard they work. Not us. We love our job as physicists. Our job is to develop new technologies that accelerate particles like electrons, making them ...