The government will slash spending in real terms on the National Disability Insurance Scheme over four years, as it undertakes a massive “reset” of the program. People with lower support needs will be ...

But, since President Donald Trump’s second term began, rapid-fire policy shifts have pivoted the agency away from public health.Since January of 2025, ...

Click to expand Image Internally displaced people carry food parcels during a distribution at Seba Care displaced persons camp in Mekelle, Tigray region, Ethiopia, July 19, 2024. © 2024 MICHELE ...

Computers promise to replace fallible human judgement with something more consistent, efficient and fair. But this isn’t always the case.

When the Crusaders descended upon the eastern shores of the Mediterranean at the end of the 11th century, they had to communicate with each other, with traders and with locals. Many of them spoke ...

The 2025 deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador was a chilling sign of how easy it is for US presidents to sidestep the constitution.

The first piece of ransomware was sent it out on 20,0000 floppy discs in 1989, to raise awareness of health- rather than cyber-hygiene.

The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Piero Lionello, Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Oceanography, University of Salento As sea levels rise, Venice’s options are running out. New research shows that even the most ambitious ...

It is now almost a decade since the UK voted for Brexit and since the tariffs of US president Donald Trump’s first term increased global trade frictions. Brexit removed the UK from the European single ...

A sociologist’s analysis of a Michigan county reveals pockets of economic instability as rising housing costs continue to pressure residents.

First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide range of autistic experiences and needs.