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New research from Monash University has found that readers and non-readers alike aspire to read more books but struggle with distractions, motivation and even browsing

Exclusive: Monash University study suggests those who rely more on newspapers and public broadcasters more likely to score highly on ‘civic values’

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

Summer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read.

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of course, best books lists are subjective, relying on what people have read and remembered.…

Union says average vice-chancellor gets paid almost double the prime minister, with salaries seemingly ‘plucked from thin air’

An Australian burns patients has been treated with lab-grown skin using his own cells that has dramatically reduced the risk of infection.

In Australia and overseas, it’s clear that homes without gas – running on clean energy – are healthier, have cheaper power bills, and produce lower greenhouse emissions.

A ring of rocky asteroid debris may have circled our planet 466 million years ago, according to a recent study.

Life insurers will no longer be able to discriminate against Australians based on their genetics when underwriting their plans.

‘They’re just a piece of paper,’ Maria Costigan says of domestic violence orders, almost 10 years after Tara Costigan’s brutal murder in Canberra. But do they ever help terrified women?