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Essays & Reportage Odyssey down under Tom Griffiths 8 September 2023 A new kind of history is called for in the year of the Voice referendum. Here’s what it might look like. Books & Arts Which Oppenheimer? Jane Goodall 27 July 2023 The physicist’s own words provide a commentary on conflicting depictions Books & Arts Magnificently crumpled lives Penny Russell 26 July 2023 A fascinating account of nineteenth-century phrenologists illuminates how ideas spread National Affairs Where’s Melbourne’s best coffee, ChatGPT? Margaret Simons 27 January 2023 The robot can tell you what everyone else thinks — and that creates an opportunity for journalists

Books & Arts Ghosts in the machine Ellen Broad 5 August 2021 A computer scientist takes on artificial-intelligence boosters. But does he dig deep enough? Books & Arts A risk-taker in the laboratory Janna Thompson 14 May 2021 A biography of biochemist Jennifer Doudna raises hard questions about where genetic research is heading National Affairs Roads to recovery Michael Bartos 11 September 2020 A half-year of Covid-19-watching suggests the most effective way ahead National Affairs Taking it to a new level Michael Bartos 16 July 2020 A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way

National Affairs Knowns and unknowns Michael Bartos 5 May 2020 Another week of pandemic responses highlights the uncertainties ahead Essays & Reportage Cook eclipsed Nicholas Thomas 1 May 2020 Reappraisals and re-enactments have shaped public memory, but our understanding of James Cook’s life and impact continues to evolve Books & Arts You’ve got to give it to Cupid Nick Haslam 25 September 2019 Books | A psychologist looks at how brain damage and disease can influence sexuality Essays & Reportage The radical legacy of Apollo Tom Griffiths 21 July 2019 They went to the moon but discovered the Earth