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Aboriginal missions were notorious for their austerity, but Christmas was a brief time of joy. While celebrations had a sinister assimilationist edge, Aboriginal people often adopted traditions into their own culture.
The inn, the shepherds, angels and animals: pretty much everything we think we know about the Christmas story is historically wrong.
What if Santa’s job is one of those taken over by an intelligent machine? Would a robot Santa begin to question its purpose and the existence of those it’s designed to serve at Christmas?
A solar day is a measure of how long it takes the Earth to rotate from one noon to the next, and today’s summer solstice also happens to be the longest solar day of the year.
Many women are prescribed the pill without a definitive diagnosis of endometriosis.
More and more people are living to 100, but in some regions of the world there’s more of them – what does this tell us?
From outright celebration, through charity to explicit political salvos – is there such a thing as the ‘ultimate’ Christmas pop song?
To Close the Gap, Indigenous Australians are the experts. Indigenous organisations are more likely to achieve outcomes because they understand local issues and have ‘skin in the game’.
We need balanced media reporting about bat-borne diseases to help avoid vilification of Australia’s under-appreciated creatures of the night.
Many short-term bike-hiring programs have been launched amid much fanfare, only for their popularity to decline soon after. Several key factors need to be in place for a program to work.
Chocolate poisoning in dogs remains a problem, particularly at Christmas.
If you’re a non-believer, then staying away from Church may be the best thing for your psychological health this Christmas.
A new, permanent exhibition, which pays tribute to Australian popular music, represents a coming of age for our industry.
The cuts to higher education funding are more about making savings than improving higher education, and would be extremely hard to change in the future.
Take a look at some of the amazing neuroscience images out of the Queensland Brain Institute this year.
People on low incomes put insurance cover first – even if it means doing without basic goods.
Wildfires are expected to increase in a warming world, but there is another way humans are changing the patterns and intensity of fires: by introducing flammable plants to new environments.
In Athenian society, it appears some elite courtesans were better educated than traditional wives. Other sex workers were sold into the role as children.
Despite the delight of not having to work for several days or even weeks, holidays come with pressures.
The royal commission’s work, and the testimony of survivors, has brought to light an issue that has been denied for far too long.
Twenty years since the Aged Care Act was introduced, the situation for older Australians remains dire. They’re sicker and have more complex care needs, but little access to medical care.
This exhibition at the National Museum of Australia is not only brilliant but marks an important turning point in how Aboriginal art is exhibited.
At the end of 2017, Australia is starting to (slowly) address our energy problems. But it’s also clear the federal government has abdicated leadership and responsibility.
A national survey has shown Australian school students with a mental disorder can be almost three years behind in their studies by the time they sit their final NAPLAN test in year nine.