Barney Zwartz, in quintessentially Melbourne fashion, wonders: why do we hang on every word of the weather forecast, when it’s so often wrong?
Barney Zwartz, in quintessentially Melbourne fashion, wonders: why do we hang on every word of the weather forecast, when it’s so often wrong?
Think “scientific” and “creative” are opposites? Physicist Tom McLeish begs to disagree.
An aerospace engineer and an astrogeologist discuss the whether and why of space exploration.
Natasha Moore reflects on phrenology, personality, the possibility of change, and what makes us valuable as human beings.
What do neuroscience, philosophy, and theology have to say about the mystery of human consciousness?
From who gets an ICU bed to volunteering for a vaccine trial: ethics in the time of COVID.
Anna Grummitt reflects on David Attenborough’s new film, and the way humans respond to disasters.
Professor John Lennox weighs up the benefits and potential pitfalls of AI and the implications it has for what it…
The McAlpine brothers have spent their lives navigating their similarities - and differences - and those of their various “tribes".
For the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing, Simon Smart writes on humanity’s hunger for transcendence.
50 years on from the moon landing seems like a good time to ask a few existential questions.
Denis Alexander on whether there’s purpose in biology - and in life.
