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Lack of Clean Water Drives Pacific Islanders to Sugary Drinks – Addressing This Could Cut Obesity
Kara Math/Shutterstock One in two people in the Pacific Islands is classified as overweight (with a body mass index of…
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Sunglasses Look Good and Protect You – How to Choose the Right Pair
Versta/Shutterstock Australians are exposed to some of the highest levels of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the world. While we…
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Fantasia 2000: 25 Years of a Film Searching for a Concert
IMDB/Disney Imagine attending a concert including excerpts from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, George Gershwin’s…
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How to Stay Safe from Cyber Attacks: 2 Expert Checklists
cottonbro studios/Pexels “Cyber security” may sound like a far-off worry for big corporations or telcos, but that’s far from the…
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Tech Companies Claim AI Can Detect Emotions
Master1305/Shutterstock Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you’re happy, sad, angry or frustrated? According to technology companies that offer AI-enabled…
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Teen Prodigy Gukesh D Beats Ding Liren
Eighteen-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju has become the new world chess champion, winning the final game of the title match…
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Hypnosis Won’t Control You but Can Help Treat Pain and Foster Change
PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Thanks to films and cartoons, you probably have a lot of vague ideas about what hypnosis…
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Global Tourism Emissions Driven by Just 20 Countries, Study Finds
Getty Images James Higham, Griffith University and Ya-Yen Sun, The University of Queensland Surging global tourism emissions are driven almost…
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5 Tips to Help Kids with Separated Parents Cope at Christmas
Dusan Petkovic/Shutterstock For many children, Christmas and other festivities are a time of excitement and joy. But for those dealing…
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Should we give students awards at school?
Tomertu/ Shutterstock It’s almost the end of the school year. And that means it’s “awards season” for school students. Before…
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Only 25% of Tropical Rainforests Are Still in Good Condition
West Africa’s Diana monkey has almost no high-quality rainforest left. NataliaVo/Shutterstock We are now in the middle of the sixth…
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China Restricted Youth Gaming, but Kids Are Evading Bans and Facing Trouble
RDNE Stock Project/Pexels In late November, Australia’s federal parliament passed landmark legislation banning under-16s from accessing social media. Details remain…
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Why are boys outperforming girls in maths?
Vitalii Stock/Shutterstock A major international test has revealed a concerning gender gap in maths among Australian school students. In the…
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Why Some People Claim to Have a High Pain Threshold
Mart Production/Pexels We’ve all heard someone claim they have a “high pain threshold” as if it’s a mark of strength…
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AI Weather Models Now Outperform Traditional Forecasts
NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Jacques Descloitres A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional…
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