Opinion
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Young people may see more than 20 alcohol ads per hour on social media, research finds
It’s a Friday night and you’re scrolling through Facebook, mindlessly thumbing past photos from friends, when a liquor advertisement catches…
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Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this
Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new…
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How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans did
Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy…
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What’s that in my nest? How the evolutionary arms race between cuckoos and hosts creates new species
How do new species arise? And why are there so many of them? One possible reason is the arms race…
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What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept
Last month, the leaders of the G7 declared their commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.…
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What’s the difference between shyness and social anxiety?
What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical…
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What are nootropics and do they really boost your brain?
Humans have long been searching for a “magic elixir” to make us smarter, and improve our focus and memory. This…
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Is Labour ready for government? Understanding Keir Starmer’s narrative of renewal
Is Labour ready for government? This question is being asked regularly of the public by pollsters YouGov, especially as the…
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Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food
Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop…
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Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered
A little bit of turbulence is a common experience for air travellers. Severe incidents are rare – but when they…
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Drug companies pay doctors over A$11 million a year for travel and education. Here’s which specialties received the most
Drug companies are paying Australian doctors millions of dollars a year to fly to overseas conferences and meetings, give talks…
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How First Nations fashion design can rewrite painful memories and be a powerful method of healing
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and stories of deceased people. Around…
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The Vatican is cracking down on miracles. Here are the new rules for ‘supernatural’ occurrences
New norms for differentiating supernatural phenomena from the natural within Roman Catholicism took effect on May 19. The new norms…
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Honk! These monkeys have truly legendary noses – now we better understand why they evolved
Slavianin/Shutterstock Katharine Balolia, Australian National University Of all the monkey species around the world, one stands out with its large,…
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Baltimore bridge collapse: a bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
Colin Caprani, Monash University When the container ship MV Dali, 300 metres long and massing around 100,000 tonnes, lost power…
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