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How flu overtook COVID as Australia’s deadliest respiratory virus
In the second half of 2025 influenza killed more Australians a month than COVID. Here’s how it happened.
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Online ads are becoming harder to spot – but we’re not powerless to stop it
Increasingly, digital advertising is designed to dissolve into the flow of the content you consume online.
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How to encourage a child to try new, scary things (without traumatising them in the process)
If your child has ever dug their heels in on the morning of school athletics day, or refused to speak in front of the class, you’re not alone.
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Galloway Hoard exhibit in Sydney dives into the secrets of the Viking world
This mysterious Viking-age hoard lay buried for more than a millenium. Unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist, it is now on show in Sydney.
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Hanson’s gas policy follows the far-right playbook: attack ‘elites’ and push for drilling
One Nation wants to differentiate itself from the Liberals on energy at a time when the parties increasingly overlap on social issues.
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New season of The Conversation’s award-winning Curious Kids podcast launching this June
The podcast where kids ask questions direct to academics is back for a second season.
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A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems
As more countries ban waste imports, plastic waste generators like the US will need to find better solutions. A few states are putting more responsibility on producers.
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Myanmar’s forgotten war: How the world is failing the test of the UN’s Responsibility to Protect
The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated with so little urgency?
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The push to standardize ESG scores could make corporate greenwashing easier, not harder
Tying executive pay to ESG metrics is now standard practice at most large companies. But new research finds that when the scoring methodology becomes predictable, it becomes easier to game.
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Jacinda Ardern turns her own imposter syndrome into self-help wisdom for young readers
In this adaptation of her bestselling memoir, Jacinda Ardern turns inward toward the psychological terrain of her own self-doubt – and how to overcome it.
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Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease
Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target the mechanism that makes these tumors so deadly.
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Hybrid work is not always the golden compromise employees expect – even as more companies implement it
Many employees say they prefer flexibility when it comes to working in the office, but they find it creates uncertainty and unpredictability.