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How the British press has undermined the ECHR over many years: new study
Media coverage of political institutions can undermine the legitimacy they rely on.
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What happens inside a tennis player’s brain as they try to return a 148mph serve?
Returning a tennis serve depends on one of the brain’s most remarkable abilities: predicting the future.
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie on the need to go harder to curb gambling advertising
Long-time gambling reform advocate Andrew Wilkie says a reason the government is being timid on the issue is because of close relationships with affected industries.
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Living in a glorified tent: new research shows huge energy gaps between older and newer homes
Older homes are colder homes. There’s a huge energy performance gap between newer and older homes – and it costs a lot.
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Younger Australians show greater interest in Indigenous histories, but know less about them: new research
Conversely, older Australians report less interest in Indigenous histories but know more about them.
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30 years since Dolly the sheep was born, where is cloning technology at now?
Today, cloning is not a technology that can simply “copy and paste” living things. But it’s brought advances in several fields of science.
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How does a Telstra outage bring down trains? A telco expert explains
It wasn’t just mobile phones that went down with the Telstra outage. Here’s how trains connect to the mobile network.
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Want to use health insurance in an emergency? Here’s what it does (and doesn’t) cover
In an emergency, you can’t always use your private health insurance. And even if you do, you can face these out-of-pocket costs.
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‘Adaptive reuse’: how contemporary artists reuse and recycle objects to be born again
We tend to think of recycling, repair and reuse as part of an environmentally responsible way of life. But they are also key to many artists’ work.
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Can picking personal Lotto lines change the odds of winning? We ran the numbers
An analysis of Lotto entries shows many players gravitate to the same number combinations, increasing prize sharing and reducing value.
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How Trump’s call to FIFA tested the limits of rules-based order
The FIFA decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s red card is a compact case study in how power can shape the application of rules without ever rewriting them.
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Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain
Animals that feed on infected carcasses could be accelerating the spread of the H5N1 strain.