
Spotify continues to change music. What’s next – will AI musicians replace music made by humans?
Spotify was started, according to its official claims, because its founders love music and piracy was killing it. In Mood Machine, music journalist Liz Pelly argues this is rewriting history. In fact, she points out,...
For making stars, it’s not just how much gas a galaxy has that matters – it’s where it’s hiding
Galaxies are often described as vast star factories, churning out new suns from clouds of gas. For decades, astronomers have assumed that the more raw material a galaxy holds, the more stars it should be able to make. But...

The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?
The outbreak of the deadly mud bug melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year. So far there have been 221 cases and 31 deaths from the disease in 2025. This encompasses a...

‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling?
Australias school system and whether it is doing its job is often under the microscope from politicians, experts and parents. The most recent NAPLAN results in 2024 triggered a wave of heated discussions after about one...

The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement
After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australias private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast...

A lack of strategy and research funding by both the current and previous governments has been well documented, most comprehensively in the first report by the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG), released late last...
Chansom Pantip/Shutterstock Since the recent explosion of widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI), it now seems that a new AI tool emerges every week. With varying success, AI offers solutions for...