Science
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Big political donations have hit $7.4m this election year. Are the rules tight enough?
Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
Andrew Charlton flags requiring AI companies to run tough ‘risk management’ systems
Grattan on Friday: Unless you’re Pauline Hanson, the migration debate can be a dangerous sinkhole
Many are shocked by the domestic violence charges against Sam Wood, but we shouldn’t be
Some small businesses are paying tax bills with credit cards. What will happen when they can’t?
Queensland is leading Australia’s fight against illicit tobacco. Should other states follow suit?
Politics with Michelle Grattan: why Victoria’s unpredictable election matters nationally
Australia’s top court puts fossil fuel developers on notice
New comedy horror series Gnomes understands just how delightfully daggy good Aussie TV should be
Thinking of taking melatonin to help you sleep? Here’s what you need to know
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies aged 90
We need to stop asking if NZ can afford its superannuation scheme. It’s the wrong question
Gene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers reveal
WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death
All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizes – podcast
Catherine Chidgey’s The Starving Bride exposes the extremes of our always-performing world
Beige tones and knit throws? No, we’ve got Scandinavian design all wrong
Our research found a new reason to keep teachers happy – it’s linked to how well students do
Why most health apps are biased even before their first lines of code are written
This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about
What happens to language when machines start talking back?
The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
Can data centre company Firmus live up to its blockbuster $43 billion listing value? Why some investors doubt it
Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into secrets of longevity
Microdramas are booming. AI could make it even harder to stop binge-watching