Society & Culture

Health

How to tell if your fear is a phobia

Needles, the dark, separation from parents and even throwing up – these are all fears that Aussie kids are dealing with week after week. But how can you tell if that fear is actually a phobia?

Ask Healthy Harold

One game, two worlds: safety first

Healthy Harold shares a personal experience in the gaming universe ahead of World Social Media Day, along with safety tips and why our world-first social media laws protect Aussie kids

Sport

NBA deal brings stars Down Under

Famously competitive, Melbourne has doubled-down on its claim to be Australia’s sporting capital, after Victoria scored a big NBA coup that promises to blow young basketball fans away

History

Australian site recognised globally

A significant heritage site in Tasmania has become part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, in the hope that the important stories of those who once lived there won’t be forgotten

Society and Culture

Kids to claim AI jobs of the future

The current generation of Aussie schoolkids have big dreams of what they’ll be when they grow up – but it’s not just AI fuelling the ambitions of these future teachers, doctors and mechanics

• 1
• …
• 133
• 134
• 135
• 136
• 137
• …
• 200

PICTURESAnimals

No bubble trouble for curious cats

Werribee Open Range Zoo keepers have treated lions and gorillas to a bubble party, capturing hilariously different reactions from each species during the enrichment activity

Society and Culture

Let’s say thanks to unsung heroes

This week’s Ten Days of Gratitude count down to Thank a First Responder Day, where we show our respect and honour the brave heroes that help when trouble strikes. Here’s how to get involved

Space

NASA reveals plan for moon base

Humans could be living on the moon in as little as six years if NASA’s three-phase plan to build a moon base goes according to schedule. But the US isn’t the only country with lunar aspirations

EXPLAINERHealth

Daniher beats Beast in tribute toon

Cartoonist Mark Knight commemorates AFL great Neale Daniher, who died this week having raised more than $100 million after founding FightMND following a Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis

Arts

Aussie Supergirl’s tiny teen attic

Aspiring actor turned Hollywood heavyweight Milly Alcock has revealed the tiny attic bedroom where she chased global fame as a teenager before landing the title role in the coming blockbuster

Science and Technology

Pope Leo urges caution in AI era

The first American leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has urged ‘safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence’ in the first major theological document of his papacy

UPDATEDSport

Star drops after French Open win

Soaring temperatures during a Paris heatwave have caused chaos at Roland-Garros all week, with the 26th seed collapsing on the court requiring medical attention after a brutal five-set sizzler

Sport

Did umps go potty for Pendlebury?

AFL great Scott Pendlebury’s celebration of his history-making career in the sport saw the Magpies hold on to claim victory but some fans felt umpires were blinded by the big day – take the poll

Health

Nuts are tops but are butters bad?

There are so many peanut and nut butter options in the supermarkets these days and we all have a favourite – but which are the best and worst ones for your health? The results are in

Explainers

Roblox: new roadblocks for kids

Popular gaming platform Roblox has launched new age-based accounts in order to improve safety for its youngest users. Find out what the changes mean for you and your friends

EXPLAINERNews

Stark contrast in climb or crime

Bianca Adler’s record-breaking Everest climb exposes the nation’s dangerous divide between young achievers and the crisis of youth crime, captured in cartoonist Mark Knight’s panel contrast

Sport

Aussie teen conquers Mt Everest

Melbourne teenager Bianca Adler has become the youngest ever Australian to conquer Mount Everest after reaching the summit in freezing, windy conditions and is now making her way back down

Science and Technology

AI’s power problem laid bare

While AI talks an exciting game, it also has an insatiable appetite for energy, leaving thousands of people wondering where they’ll get their electricity from once even more AI data centres are built

Space

Trump’s AI alien after UFO claims

US President Donald Trump has caused a stir by posting an AI image of himself with an ‘alien’ after the release of government UFO files, despite no real proof that aliens have ever been found

Arts

Fancy running away to the circus?

Chasing a life beneath the big top was an unusual career choice for these Australians but they’re back touring with Cirque du Soleil’s extravaganza. Here’s how they help bring the magic to life