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The South Pole Telescope has mapped our skies in more detail than ever before, strengthening our understanding of dark energy ...
PRIDE month is more than a time of recognition, it’s a call to action. It reminds us that while visibility is empowering, it ...
The porn industry has been smuttying up pop culture for decades, and zombie porn just reflects our weird appetites, says a ...
A new exhibition celebrating the brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, while confronting the dark heart of ...
Australia’s Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has published its findings.And it’s a damning read. Various unnamed individuals are referred for potential civil or criminal investigation, but ...
Unlike New Zealanders, whose education is rich in Maori language, history and customs, most Australians have only a sketchy understanding of the traditions of their country’s first peoples.
Monotremes are among the world’s strangest animals, mixing mammalian and reptilian characteristics in the one creature. When British scientists in the 18th Century first saw a platypus they dismissed ...
Pointing to problems in Aboriginal communities can distract from recognising that they are not the only places with a drinking problem. In spite of decades of evidence to show that the use of alcohol ...
This year’s ozone hole has been one of the biggest on record. It started late, but has been the largest in the later season ever seen. Over the past decade the ozone hole over Antarctica had been ...
In 1989, Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) launched its first ad. It was shot in a gritty documentary style as we followed the story of a young male drink driver who caused horrific ...
One reason is to understand embryonic development. Another is to build new animal models to study human diseases and develop new treatments. But the Holy Grail of this research is regenerative ...
In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from ...