Older men have some of the highest suicide rates. Bob Dylan offers a different way to think about ageing: not simply staying alive, but finding purpose, obligation and meaning in mortality.

The Black Summer bushfires cut people off from warnings, rescue and each other when mobile phones failed. How can we stay safe when telecommunications goes dark?

Fiona Katauskas’ heart attack was nothing like the dramatic heart-clutching moments you see in the movies, so when she felt breathless, dizzy and sweaty while exercising at home on a Sunday morning la...

Australian experts say a new global definition of what a heart attack is will help improve the diagnosis of women and lead to better outcomes. Here's what's changed.

MEDIA RELEASE 09 September 2026 The Jewish Council of Australia welcomes moves by twelve countries including the UK, Canada, and […]

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 16 August · 1hr 15min

An urgent plea to save linguistic diversity across the world

The authors studied Swedish individuals experiencing persistent ocular and vision symptoms after COVID-19. Special exams found ocular markers consistent with severe COVID-19. They documented broad sym...

Like digging for fossils or panning for gold, the research process can be a tedious affair. But for any researcher, long days of searching and reading will eventually result in discovery. These are th...

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

Five episodes of the award-winning children’s cartoon have been released in Australian Indigenous language for the first time.

Stress and mental exhaustion aren't new – in medieval times, they were prevalent. And the wisdom of the Middle Ages about how to deal with burnout still rings surprisingly true today.

Even though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people

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In a video message from Buckingham Palace, wildlife helps the King deliver a birthday card for Sir David Attenborough.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Australia for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, marking a significant milestone in the health of indigenous peoples and in global effor...

Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis and higher risk of rare myocarditis or pericarditis up to 4 week...

As plans advance for Australia to host US nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and potentially nuclear-armed submarines, there are increasing concerns about the potential for Australia to unknowingly host Ame...

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder

With his stand against Trump, the pope has shown the far right doesn’t have a monopoly on Christianity. If people of good faith push hard, the future could be redefined

Plans are advancing for Australia to host US nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and potentially nuclear-armed submarines. Australia’s willing acceptance of US policy of neither confirming nor denying the pr...

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton describes the gestation of the latest Victoria County History (VCH), publications on Chippenham and its neighbourhood, looking at how this work was informed by earlier scholarsh...