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Under the Sickle and the Sledgehammer is an important memoir by a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Her diary was originally published in 1942. Now Anna Hyrske is giving new life to her grandmother's memoir in what is the first English translation of what was the second most censored book, second only to Mein Kampf, from Finnish libraries after the war.

The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art has opened at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art with more than 45 artists from across the Asia Pacific region featuring in events. 

No matter where you are in the world, if someone near you stubs their toe or bangs their elbow, it is likely that the interjection you will hear will have an ‘ah’ sound in it.

As Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Edward Santow led Australia’s first major inquiry into the human rights implications of new and emerging technologies. Now he explores the rise of AI and its promise to advance human well-being while also considering the risks and dangers it presents and how to address them. His new book, co-authored with Daniel Nellor, is called Machines In Our Image: The Need for Human Rights in the Age of AI

This week's mystery caller is one of the most outrageously-coloured small birds of Australia – the Splendid Fairywren.

From translating Dr Seuss Books into the Yolŋu Matha language at her local community, in 2024 Yalmay Yunupiŋu was the Senior Australian of the Year.

For many people, owning a designer handbag is a status symbol. Volkan Yilmaz prefers to slice them up for the viewers of his YouTube channel Tanner Leatherstein.

An essential counterbalance to today’s daunting news cycle, the New York Times bestseller Good People is a trove of life affirming stories from the heart.

Cement was used to build some of the Roman empire's most prominent landmarks, many of which are still standing today. Could their formula help decarbonise the modern cement industry?

What happens to our digital legacies after we die and what needs to be done to safeguard those digital identities against cybercrime? That's a discussion topic at this year's upcoming Australian Cyber Conference in Melbourne.