our experts share the books that have stayed with them
The Conversation, Pexels/ShutterstockWe asked 20 of our regular contributors to nominate their favourite books of the year. Their choices were diverse, intriguing and sometimes sur...
with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever
It has taken decades, but the complex and increasingly urgent issue of “climate mobility” has gradually become central to international climate negotiations.At the COP2...
a rarely experienced intimacy with Louise Bourgeois
Installation of Louise Bourgeois Maman at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, November 2023, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Felicity Jenkins As you make your way towa...
Cruel summer ahead – why is Australia so unprepared?
Shutterstock2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather that has left a trail of devastation and despair, according to the World Meteorological Organization ...
Was going to space a good idea?
NASAIn 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’...
Why do private schools get more holidays than public schools?
It’s that time of year when it seems the more school fees parents pay, the less time their children spend in school. For example, within a few kilometres of each other in Mel...
Will Japanese encephalitis return this summer? What about other diseases mosquitoes spread?
ShutterstockThe last two summers have been swarming with mosquitoes thanks to near constant rain and flooding brought on by La Niña. With the return of El Niño, and a...
Navigating the World of Medical Aesthetic Treatments
The realm of medical aesthetics has witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past decade. Innovations in technology and a better understanding of human physiology…
We're in an El Niño – so why has Australia been so wet?
ShutterstockAfter three La Niña summers many of us would have been expecting much hotter and drier conditions this spring and summer after the arrival of El Ni&nti…
Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains ‘mind uploading’
ShutterstockImagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can observe how each individual neuron talks to other neurons. …
health is finally on the agenda – but there's more to do as we face continued climate extremes
Pakistan experienced severe floods in 2022.Asianet-Pakistan/ShutterstockAs global leaders gather in Dubai for COP28, health has finally landed firmly on the climate chang…
Albanese pays tribute to Peta Murphy, dead at 50
The Labor member for the Victorian seat of Dunkley, Peta Murphy, has died aged 50 after a long struggle with cancer. Murphy was in the House of Representatives as recent…
Two charts in Australia's 2023 climate statement show we are way off track for net zero by 2050
Adwo, ShutterstockClimate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emission…
an avalanche of images that invites us to sit alone in time and space together
Aaron Claringbold/PICAAt the End of the Land, a world premiere production by Western Australian interdisciplinary theatre makers Too Close to the Sun, is an experiential …
Stay or go? Most older Australians want to retire where they are, but renters don’t always get a choice
ShutterstockAs Australia’s population gets older, more people are confronted with a choice: retire where they are or seek new horizons elsewhere.Choosing to grow ol…
The amazing NGV Triennial 2023 makes us question our world and forces us to see it differently
Installation view of SMACK’s Speculum 2019 on display at Matadero Madrid © SMACK Courtesy the artist and OnkaosWhat the previous two National Gallery of Victor…
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