Natasha Mitchell

Artist A.G. survived. Now the fossil fuel industry is in the cross-hairs. Correction: The President of the Philippines in 2013 was Benigno Aquino III.

The world has watched on aghast as one of the world’s richest nations, the US, has failed to protect its citizens from COVID-19. In contrast, one of the world’s poorer nations has become a shining star in containing it. How?

Few scientists can say they grew up in a notorious sect or spiritual movement. But then, nothing about Archa Fox’s childhood was typical.

Scientists want the rules governing the use of human embryos to change, saying they are stopping potentially life-changing research that could provide insights into what causes miscarriages and congenital anomalies.

Meet the neuroscientist turned bestselling rom-com novelist who’s exposing the underbelly of science, the passion, and the power games.

Leading computer scientist and co-founder of Black in A.I, Dr Timnit Gebru, was hired by Google to co-lead its Ethical AI team with another tech industry trailblazer Dr Margaret Mitchell. The team investigated the ethics of artificial intelligence to understand and prevent its potential harms. Timnit was the first Black woman the company had employed in a research scientist role. Then Google terminated her contract sparking an international outcry. Some 7000 industry colleagues and others, i…

To write history is to omit. The historical archive is the end-product of a series of choices, and in the wash, particular voices get privileged over others. But around the globe, historians are attempting to identify the gaps in ‘official’ history, and in so doing, understand how and why they were created. Santilla Chingaipe is among them. Her recent work has told the stories of the hundreds of convicts of African descent transported to Australia during colonial rule. In her 2023 EW Cole Lectu…

Women and girls in Iran continue to take to the streets and protest gender oppression and human rights abuses. And too often they risk their lives for this fight. Iranian-born human rights advocate Nazanin Boniadi has used her public profile as an actress to campaign in solidarity with the people of Iran. For that, she’s been honoured with the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize. The ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ movement has demonstrated the unifying power and potential of women’s rights as a lever for mobilisati…

Different generations agree that youth mental health is in decline, but disagree about the causes. We explore generational attitudes to the economic and social drivers of mental ill-health in young people.