Innovation

Society
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Phoning it in: The ‘dumbphone’ movement fighting device addiction

Story by: Lily Tuck

Health
Image: Supplied by Monash University

New clinical trial treating depression with psychedelics

Story by: Sophie Sewell

Society
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Upstart journal skewers stodgy scholarship

Story by: Junfei (Verna) Du

Environment
Image: Valerie T Miller

Turning textile waste into art

Story by: Olivia Wright

Culture
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Melbourne’s emerging designers rewriting the fashion scene

Story by: Navia Naidu

Business
Source: Suyin Chan

Koha cafe provides food and connection in outer Melbourne

Story by: Ruoyu Zhai Jui-Jou Lee

Science
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How exploding stars help us understand the universe

Story by: Yuxin Jiang

Society
Source: Supplied by Wolter Kuiper

Melbourne’s resilient rail trails: An alternative path in a city built for motorists

Story by: Siena Kinkela

Society
Image: Xinran Yu

Unwitting students risk breaking copyright law with AI

Story by: Joyce Le Xinran Yu

Business
Image: Ruijie Tang & Peiyao Xu

Taxi trial tension at Melbourne Airport

Video report by Ruijie Tang Peiyao Xu 

Society
Image: Andrzej Nowak/Pixabay

AI-generated voices threaten creative industry

Video report by Kristina Bai

Fashion

Putting a New Face on China

Story by Ye Shang Weiyi Ye Beijia Liu

Society
Image: Shutterstock

OMG, a soft plastics bin? Maybe you’re just pleased to see me …

Story by Georgie Preston

Health
Credit: Prealene Khera

Living ink: how 3D printing could solve some of medicine’s toughest challenges

Words by Prealene Khera

Science

From hypercolor to structural colour: fabrics that change hue when stretched

Words by Petra Stock

Science
Image: Shutterstock

Next-wave technology inspired by the ingenuity of nature

Story by Amalyah Hart