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February 25, 2026

There are more than 4.6 million food posts on TikTok alone. Why, then, do we still love cookbooks?

Garritt C. Van Dyk, University of Waikato

Despite the rise of fleeting social media recipes, the cookbook is a touchstone of reliability, a cultural archive and even a guilty pleasure.

Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University, with the Dueling Dinosaurs fossil. N.C. State University

December 15, 2025

The best dinosaur discoveries of 2025

Richard Butler, University of Birmingham

We’re in a golden era for dinosaur science.

From left, David Brooks, Peter Carnavas, Krystal Sutherland, Geraldine Fela, Michelle de Kretser and Rick Morton. UQP, Penguin Random House, NewSouth, Text Publishing, HarperCollins.

September 29, 2025

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality

Alexander Howard, University of Sydney

The winners of this year’s awards include celebrated novelist Michelle de Kretser, journalist Rick Morton on Robodebt and poet David Brooks.

While it’s admirable to invest time and effort into improving one’s health and well-being, it is counterproductive to focus on the number on a scale, our pants size or having defined abs. (Shutterstock)

January 1, 2025

This new year, consider resolutions focused on well‑being instead of weight loss

Shelly Russell-Mayhew, University of Calgary and Elizabeth Tingle, University of Calgary

People should consider weight- and body-neutral resolutions that prioritize how we feel and function in our bodies and minds, and take a more holistic view of health.

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