
Updating Darwin: biologists are returning to an older theory to explain anomalies in evolution
To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.

Australian unions, representing around 1.6 million workers, are about to get two new leaders. Here’s what changed in the past decade and the challenges ahead.

Schools provide a link between generations in a local area.

Listen to palaeobiologist Neil Gostling on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast talk about how scientists work out what dinosaurs looked like.

The battery boom is accelerating Australia’s shift away from gas.

Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.

If the new premier cannot unify his party and present a clear path forward, Labor will struggle to convince voters it deserves a fourth term.

Let’s unpack how interest rates actually work. Then try the RBA’s quiz to see how well you understand the economy.

Some aspects of the voluntary assisted dying process, such as eligibility assessments, can’t be discussed by phone or video conference.

The links between Cuba and espionage and terror operations in the US are spurious. Yet, they give Trump the pretext to take action against his enemies.

Parents, schools and clubs can regularly post images of children to social media. But doing so deserves more thought than it gets.

Allegations of bikie and criminal infiltration into Victoria’s massive infrastructure program have dogged the premier for months.