The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine – known as PCV – prevents around 30 percent of pneumonia, the most common cause of childhood deaths worldwide. But our new research has uncovered inequalities in how ...

We find ourselves at a point in history which, to channel Charles Dickens, reflects “… the best of times, the worst of times, the age of wisdom, and the age of foolishness, the epoch of belief, and ...

With a climate-denialist re-elected as US president and another petrostate host (following Dubai in 2023) – hopes for ambitious outcomes at the 29th UN Climate Change ‘Conference of the Parties’ ...

If you rarely encounter a conservative lecturer, journalist or podcast, and your visits to the United States take in only the coasts, the prospects of Donald Trump’s second term will fill you with a ...

According to ancient records, the famous Greek writer and speaker Gorgias of Leontini lived to be over a hundred years old. He was born in 485 BC and died around 380 BC. When Gorgias was in his old ...

First person accounts of a bushranger’s life are rare: there are very few bushranger memoirs or autobiographies. A couple of exceptions appeared in the 1870s, both of which presented themselves as ...

How has it come to this? For many observers outside the United States, it is almost inconceivable that Donald Trump has reclaimed the American Presidency. But he has. Donald Trump’s re-election must ...

As 2021 drew to a close, the focus for children, parents, carers and educators alike was getting schooling back on track and re-establishing familiar routines while maintaining wellbeing ...

Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.

3D printing has exploded in popularity over the past decade, introducing countless new approaches that allow both researchers and hobbyists to transform their designs into physical objects in just a ...

The USA election result affects the entire world. Why is American politics so polarised? Will policy or personality decide the outcome? Is American democracy at a crossroad? A former Biden staffer ...

There’s been no shortage of talk during this US election campaign about the role social media is playing in influencing how Americans vote. From an AI-conjured image of Taylor Swift supposedly backing ...