All 15 editors at a French journal have resigned after it was acquired by an editing service and publisher based in China.  Revue de l’Organisation Responsable, or Responsible Organization Rev…

The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and Toad

A NSW library has a book returned rather late, but the policy of fining people for the offence was dropped at some point during the 150 years since it was borrowed.

This is not a book review of The Picasso Ransom. It would be unethical for me to review my own book, because I am the author of The Picasso Ransom. It would also be unethical because I haven’t read…

… and other question frameworks. Question frameworks are now essential when writing reviews and guidelines. The main reason is that you want to be very clear what your question is so that sea…

This is not a book review of The Picasso Ransom. It would be unethical for me to review my own book, because I am the author of The Picasso Ransom. It would also be unethical because I haven’t read…

The Picasso Ransom: and other stories about art and crime in Australia eBook : Holsworth, Mark S.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store

This article says it all! Avoiding searching for outcomes called for additional search strategies: a study of Cochrane review searches – Frandsen, Nielsen, & Eriksen (2022) Journal of Cli…

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, was arrested by the AFP at Sydney Airport on Tuesday morning.

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"There's nothing quite so lovely as a brightly burning book." The Badger

I saw the artist Peter Tyndall at the rally protesting the visit by the leader of a genocidal regime, President Isaac Herzog of Israel. Or rather, I saw Tyndall’s sign and knew that he must be atta…

Explore the Getty Images v Stability AI decision and its implications for Australian copyright law in the era of generative AI.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

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String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

A legacy of exclusion means Australia’s medical system is fundamentally skewed, as it was built for and tested on men A University of NSW researcher has found that despite some progress, women’s healt...

We, the undersigned university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject the unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of uni...

Authors who did not pull out of Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 will be paid $250, honouring lost income from book sales.