I’m going to say at the outset, I am a Taylor Swift fan. She is my Goddess and I am one of the millions of very excited Swifties going to her Eras Tour. Taylor is known for her brilliant songwriting ...

It’s well-known that teachers have the biggest influence on student learning over any other in-school factor, including class size, facilities and peer groups. But what is it about the teacher ...

It doesn’t take long, if you spend any time on social media, to come across a meme, reel or TikTok taking a side in the US actor Johnny Depp’s defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Social ...

Unlike New Zealanders, whose education is rich in Maori language, history and customs, most Australians have only a sketchy understanding of the traditions of their country’s first peoples.

Monotremes are among the world’s strangest animals, mixing mammalian and reptilian characteristics in the one creature. When British scientists in the 18th Century first saw a platypus they dismissed ...

A team of adventurers traverse a dungeon to defeat a mighty dragon and, through their victory, save the realm. Meanwhile, a design team skilfully adapts its product to evolving customer demands ...

For many people, having their tonsils removed is a childhood rite of passage. The promise of ice cream and hours of television do make the recovery a much more bearable prospect, even a source of ...

Australia’s young adults are putting their traditional steps towards adulthood on hold – spending more time living in the parental home. In fact, just over half of young men (54 per cent) and 47 per ...

Houses were fumigated, people quarantined, and entire families ostracised. Desperately worried parents resorted to hanging pungent camphor around their children’s necks in a misguided effort to ward ...

How hot was it yesterday? Did those storms keep you awake? What’s happening with the fires? Have you seen how much rain is falling up North? We all love to talk about the weather, and right now it is ...

It seems like every week the government is looking to cut spending somewhere in the budget as it chases after a surplus. How do individual government departments fare? Do some get cut more than others ...

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was one of Australia’s most enigmatic native species. It was the largest marsupial predator to survive until the arrival of Europeans but carried its babies in a ...