In a fractured global economy, geopolitics now shapes how multinationals operate and compete, says a University of Melbourne ...

Machines are now better than most human foreign language students, so teaching languages should focus on global competence says University of Melbourne expert.

Not many students can say they’ve completed a project that was set 250 years ago. Inspired by a design originally developed in 1775, engineering students Yuji (Andy) Zeng and Xinyu (Jasmine) Xu have ...

It’s a perennial topic of conversation and even inspired the classic hit by Crowded House, Four Seasons in One Day – but why is Melbourne’s weather so changeable? Freak storms, heat waves and sudden ...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has come to dominate the media, both domestically and abroad. Alongside increased attention on the pandemic, has come the viral spread of COVID-19 fake news online. Many ...

As the University of Melbourne joins the IBM Q Network, we look back at the biggest minds of the 20th century that have contributed to the quantum revolution.

If this doesn’t ring a bell, here is a short clip of Kim Kardashian’s vocal fry. But it’s not just the Kardashians, other famous young women are renowned for vocal fry too: think Zooey Deschanel and ...

At the heart of the Robodebt scheme was an algorithm that cross-referenced fortnightly Centrelink payment data with annual income data provided by the Australian Tax Office (ATO). And the idea was to ...

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 ...

But half a millennium on from da Vinci’s observation, the quiet waters of the Renaissance have been replaced by oceans congested with vessels hundreds of metres long. The noise pollution that stems ...

Indigenous scholar Marcia Langton rates Bill Gammage's exploration of Aboriginal land management, The Biggest Estate on Earth, as one of the great books.

For the first time, University of Melbourne researchers have identified the long-term health risks of removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood.