While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.
Cultural burning has enjoyed a strong resurgence in recent years. Now this cool burn technique is being used to ward off disastrous bushfires.
With the the psychedelic field dynamic and rapidly changing, Monash’s pioneering Clinical Psychedelic Lab has a vision to make a meaningful difference in mental healthcare.
The pictures men in paid care work are painting of work in the disability sector versus work in aged care are astonishingly different.
The Victorian Heart Hospital, which opened in February, brings researchers to where the patients are, and already there’s a real buzz about the place.
The rights of trans people have become a highly divisive political issue in the US and UK. Recent events underline how we must be proactive in ensuring Australia doesn’t mirror their transphobic environments.
Tapping into First Nations peoples’ deep understanding of, and connection to, water is vital to build more water-sensitive cities.
The four main contributors to poor mental health in older women include illness and disability, financial insecurity, maltreatment, and loss and grief.
Jomo Kigotho knows from personal experience the devastating impacts of malaria. Now, the young scientist is part of a team that’s found a new weapon in the war against the disease-causing parasite.
Is the failure to secure convictions in Australia’s first contested cartel prosecution the canary in the coal mine for future enforcement?
Educators from Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Australia recently shared their experiences of leading their communities during the pandemic.
Pharmacy students are underlining their value by taking their skills from the classroom to the COVID-19 frontline.
Nepali temporary migrants have been acutely affected by the COVID pandemic due to their concentration in casualised, precarious work in the healthcare, hospitality and services industries.
COVID-19 vaccine tourism has swiftly evolved into a thriving global industry as people look to secure a quick vaccination fix.
Legal abortion doesn’t mean it's easy for women to access the services they need, particularly if they live in rural areas.
Cardiovascular disease is Australia’s greatest health problem and our biggest killer, costing our economy $7 billion each year. Changing it requires researchers to rethink the problem.
New research aims to reveal the post-ICU effects on the body, and will highlight the vital role of physiotherapists in intensive care.
Fear of contracting COVID-19, and a lack of physical distancing on public transport, is predicted to lead to a rise in car use once the pandemic passes.
Resolving the COVID-19 crisis in aged care requires more than extra funds – it requires a national, evidenced-based plan. Here's what one should look like.
The urgency of the risks and issues facing women on temporary visas is dangerously heightened by COVID-19.
For some women and children, safely isolating at home will simply not be an option.
A new framework focuses on the psychological needs and mental health of mothers so they can provide adequate care.
A collaboration with Oxfam is radically improving the lives of women in rural communities in Bangladesh through mobile phone technology.
There's still a lot to be done if we're to right the wrongs, five years on from the national apology delivered by Julia Gillard.
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