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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In South Sudan, there is an age-old practice called bride price. A groom’s family pays a bride’s family for the marriage, usually in cattle. As the Dinka tribe in South Sudan has a largely ...

Melbourne Cup Day means different things to different people. For some, it’s an exciting day of fashion and competition. For others, it’s a distressing reason for a public holiday. Many people observe ...

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 ...