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Here’s what’s at stake as BHP workers prepare for a historic strike
Mining workers are among the highest paid workers in Australia. But this strike is about far more than pay.
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Unhoused people and wildlife are increasingly coming into contact. Here’s what can be done to protect them
Unhoused people face the risk of contracting disease from wild animals, while animals can be displaced by human presence.
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What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy
Sold for a record price of more than $50 million, ‘Gus’ was described by Sotheby’s as more than 60% complete.
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As Canada modernizes Senate appointments, it can also broaden how it understands Black representation
Counting Black representation is important. Understanding the diversity within Black Canada is the next step.
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Composting and water cremation: how the eco credentials of alternatives to burial add up
Burial grounds are filling up but are new methods any more green than traditional options?
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Most Americans prefer to die at home, but the US healthcare system often prevents it
‘Fix-it’ medical approaches often go against people’s wishes near the end of life, creating unnecessary and preventable suffering.
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When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart
Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.
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A lack of pies for a pack of lies – what spoonerisms reveal about how the brain produces speech
Spoonerisms can be silly and make you laugh. But linguists see something more: a rare glimpse of how the mind plans speech before we even open our mouths.
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Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy
The tide has turned a little at Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Jeffrey Loewenstein Sarah Schwartz, co-founder of the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA), gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion last week. I venture
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Can scientists make a new element for the periodic table?
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear biochemist Mark Lorch explain how scientists are trying to make new elements for the periodic table.
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What’s a ‘sleep debt’? Can I ever pay it back? An expert explains
Never seem to get enough sleep? Why chasing ‘enough sleep’ to repay your ‘sleep debt’ might not be helping.
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Major platforms have the tools to stop sexual extortion, but they’re not using them – new report
Sextortion is arguably the most predictable serious crime on the internet. It follows a script – and it can be stopped.