Aboriginal Traditional Owners now have more control over parts of their ancestral lands – but a colonial-era quirk in water ...

The best stories crackle with a kind of electricity, but why they grab us can be hard to articulate. A new University of ...

Historically, medical research has excluded women as too complex. But a new University of Melbourne study is investigating how the brain may drive alcohol misuse differently between the sexes.

The Australian Federal Court’s recent copyright judgment on footage filmed covertly could deter rights advocacy groups and undermine media freedom and public debate, explains a University of Melbourne ...

Our changing climate means homes and workspaces also need to change. A University of Melbourne expert explains that by retrofitting buildings, we can create healthier, more sustainable urban spaces.

Although Trump says Putin will face “very severe consequences” if no Ukraine truce is agreed, it’s unlikely the meeting will result in decisive agreement, says a University of Melbourne expert.

Imagine a whirlpool spinning in a river, or a tornado swirling through the sky. They don’t just spin on the spot, they travel forward while maintaining that spiralling motion inside them. These ...

A new study based on media reports finds young Australian e-scooter riders are much more likely than adults to die in crashes on our roads, says a University of Melbourne expert.

Is treating obesity the future of managing type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes isn’t an inevitably progressive disease, but in treating it we must include weight management as a primary goal ...

Associate Professor Milad Haghani Principal Fellow, Urban Risk, Resilience and Mobility; Unit Lead, Geospatial Transport Planning; Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, ...

In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament, says a University of Melbourne expert.