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Why some primates have even tougher births than humans
Tamarins and squirrel monkeys have babies with unspeakably large heads compared to their mother’s birth canal.
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Can speaking multiple languages really lower dementia risk? It’s not that simple
Learning languages may keep your brain young, but the evidence for preventing dementia itself is far less clearcut.
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Grattan on Friday: the zeitgeist doesn’t suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself
As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has major problems.
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Australian companies to face fines and criminal action if they fail to prevent modern slavery
The changes come just weeks after the US threatened new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries – including Australia – for inaction on slave labour.
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Bird flu has reached New Zealand – what this means and what comes next
The confirmation of the bird flu virus in a brown skua appears to be a single detection. Ongoing surveillance will be essential to detect any further cases.
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This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research
Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.
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How VAR is changing soccer – and its referees
If VAR catches a player offside by their toe, this is a correct decision. Whether this is what we want as fans is a philosophical debate.
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It is rare to watch an Australian TV drama that feels as effortless as The F Ward
Now streaming on Stan, The F Ward is the latest Australian medical drama. And it’s a good one.
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Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder to all of us that the future isn’t written
Many baby boomers see AI as a revolutionary tool, while young people see it as taking away their agency.
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How to stay safe from the triple threat of wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
As climate-related hazards become more frequent and severe, protecting our health will require moving beyond warnings toward prevention.
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England out World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation
It could be time for a new idea of what Englishness really means – and footballers are helping to shape it.
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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue with equal weight. This view also holds that appearing to be critical of one side and sympathetic to another amounts to “bias”. That notion of…