Australia’s oldest intact rock painting has been discovered in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region. The artwork features a 2 metre-long kangaroo and is believed to be about 17,300 years old, University of Melbourne researchers said. The kangaroo is painted on the sloping ...

While the worldwide smash Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit is about a whole lot more than chess, viewers like myself were drawn into the amount of strategic risk-taking, foresight, planning and dedication required for the protagonist to overcome the formidable Russian world ...

It's possible to chat to someone and even do maths while you’re asleep, scientists say. A new study of 36 people experiencing rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which produces vivid dreams, has shown they can still respond to questions and ...

It’s a question that’s likely to be on many people’s minds: can my employer make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of my employment? For many, particularly anti-vaxxers, this question has become more urgent now, as the first Pfizer vaccinations were ...

La Trobe University came out of 2020 with better than expected finances but it now anticipates a revenue downturn of about $170 million compared with pre-COVID forecasts. In an update on the university’s finances sent to staff this week, vice-chancellor ...

To have adopted a rather pessimistic or ‘tick the box’ attitude towards the Australian Curriculum’s general capabilities – and in particular critical thinking – is not surprising when we consider the enormity of a teacher’s tasks on any day.  I ...

In a post-COVID world, how much do the global university rankings really contribute to the sector’s ongoing financial viability? As we know only too well, COVID-19 has laid bare the reliance of some of our most eminent institutions upon international ...

More than 1000 international students have quietly been allowed to “jump the queue” and enter Australia during COVID-19, while 40,000 Aussies remain stranded overseas. Figures obtained by NCA NewsWire reveal the Australian Border Force Commissioner has granted 1050 foreign nationals ...

The High Court will hear former James Cook University professor Peter Ridd's unfair dismissal case. In a message sent yesterday to contributors to his crowdsourced legal fund, Ridd said he was “naturally relieved and happy that the highest court in ...

COVID-19 has been a “shot in the arm” for confidence in the federal government, but Australians retain more trust in its state and territory equivalents, new analysis shows. Confidence in the federal government has almost doubled to 54.3 per cent ...