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What are your new year’s reading resolutions? 6 dedicated readers share theirs
Jo Case, The Conversation When we think about new year’s resolutions, we often think about changing our habits or new…
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What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would…
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Moving house? 3 surprising ways your new neighbourhood can affect health and happiness
Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne; Abbas Rajabifard, The University of Melbourne; Neema Nassir, The University of Melbourne, and Zahra…
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Why do I seem to get sick as soon as I take time off?
Thea van de Mortel, Griffith University You’ve been hanging out for a break, getting through the busy last weeks of…
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Ancient African bedrock reveals the violent beginnings of life on our blue planet
Simon Lamb, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington You have probably seen the images of the surface of…
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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University…
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Australia’s red and yellow beach flags can be dangerously confusing. Is it time to change them?
Samuel Cornell, UNSW Sydney and Masaki Shibata, Monash University Every summer in Australia, millions of people head to the beach,…
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With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge
Johannes M. Luetz, University of the Sunshine Coast; UNSW Sydney; Alphacrucis College The millions of species humans share the world…
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Music can affect your driving – but not always how you’d expect
Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine…
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5 lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists
Jemima McPhee, Australian National University Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as…
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I love my friends … I do not love their kids
Catherine E. Wood, Swinburne University of Technology At this time of the year, with lots of parties, family catch-ups and…
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Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity
Kylie Walker, Australian National University and Rob Brooks, UNSW Sydney Emma Johnston, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne who…
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What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State A popular New Year’s resolution is to take up meditation – specifically mindfulness meditation. This…
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West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous…
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AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
Thomas Şerban von Davier, Carnegie Mellon University In artificial intelligence, 2025 marked a decisive shift. Systems once confined to research…
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