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How common is sex-selective abortion in Australia, really?
On first glance, this might appear to be a defensible measure. But there’s little evidence these abortions are occurring.
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Why Australia needs stronger laws to stop dangerous products being sold online
Can consumers be confident the products we buy online now are safe? Not really. Changing the law to catch up with other countries would help.
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Australia is facing a new 12.5% US tariff over anti-slavery claims. Are they actually right?
Using tariffs to make nations act on forced labour is questionable. Yet there is substance behind the US allegations – including that Australia hasn’t done enough.
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UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world’s electricity and more water than we need to drink
As AI models become cheaper and more attractive, they will likely encourage new uses and higher volumes of use – erasing any efficiency gains.
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Game changers: how a stroke of paint transformed basketball, and the athletes who play it
For decades, basketball was dominated by super tall players crowding around the basket for easy shots. Then things changed with a stroke of paint.
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Beast: Australia’s first MMA film, starring Russell Crowe, is cheesy yet oddly comforting
The new Stan sports drama is brimming with cliches. But there are some standouts among the cast.
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Exoskeletons for people with cerebral palsy are now a reality – but there’s still much to figure out
A new review on exoskeleton therapy for cerebral palsy reports some promising findings.
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What would it take for Pauline Hanson to become prime minister?
It’s certainly not impossible for the One Nation leader to take the country’s top job – but there are several hurdles she’d have to jump to get there.
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What we still get wrong about how people from non-Western backgrounds recover from trauma
Western PTSD treatments typically focus on talking to a therapist about your feelings and emotions. But this doesn’t actually help everyone.
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Hidden in plain sight: the race to discover new species before they’re gone
Even now, in an age of satellites and genome sequencing, the Earth still holds secrets.
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What’s a living wake? The end-of-life ritual that lets you say goodbye on your own terms
Whether you call it a living funeral or a ‘bon voyage party’, a growing number of Australians are choosing to celebrate their lives before they die.
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Is Israel planning to reoccupy the Gaza Strip? This is what’s happening behind the ‘yellow line’
Two million Palestinians are being squeezed into a smaller pocket of Gaza, while Israel is preparing the ground for a longer-term occupation.