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We checked 2000 museum specimens and discovered a tiny new ‘ferocious’ Australian mammal
Using sophisticated genetic technology and 100-year-old museum specimens, we uncovered a new planigale species.
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The government wants to increase home ownership. But life is tough for many new homeowners
Australia has long romanticised home ownership. But with evidence linking mortgage stress to poor mental health, we can’t forget people once they get the keys.
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Extreme heat is harming remote First Nations communities. It’s time we listen to them
Climate change is disproportionately affecting remote First Nations communities – as three experts explain.
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Scorching heatwaves, torrential rain – all in a matter of days. It’s not just bad luck
Australia’s weather extremes are increasingly arriving back-to-back in a ‘weather whiplash’.
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Fact-checking is good journalistic practice. But it will do nothing to stop the rise of Pauline Hanson
Post-truth politics means emotions trump facts. The major parties would be wise to remember this when trying to combat the rise of One Nation.
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A ‘direct wave’ from colliding black holes reveals signature of a whirlpool in spacetime
For the first time, scientists have gained information from the very surface of a newborn black hole.
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What people with intersex traits want you to know
People born with variations of sex characteristics have bodies that are a little different to social and medical expectations.
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The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak leads several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
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Could psychedelic therapy have a place in end-of-life care? We asked doctors
Doctors working in palliative care see promise in emerging therapies involving psychedelic drugs, but say many questions still need to be addressed.
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Maternity reviews have told us what is wrong – why are we still waiting for action?
Reviews have named the failures in maternity care. The urgent question is why the same problems keep returning.
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The Muslim wage gap in Canada’s largest metro area costs workers an estimated $1.2 billion a year
A pilot study drawing on 2021 Census data found that Muslim workers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area earn significantly less than non-Muslim counterparts.
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How ‘catchy’ music is driven by rhythmic patterns
Catchy rhythms like the tresillo are examples of how our musical perception and preference negotiate between simplicity and complexity.