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The loss of Neighbours is a loss of career pathways for Australia’s emerging screen professionals
Australia’s longest-running television drama, Neighbours, is the latest casualty in the global flux of television cultures. The death of this iconic show...
If this huge Atlantic Ocean current collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia
Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic....
AI could help us stop viruses like monkeypox crossing over from nature
When a new coronavirus emerged from nature in 2019, it changed the world. But COVID-19 won’t be the last disease to jump...
Five experts grade the major parties’ plans for an anti-corruption commission
Corruption in politics is a big issue for Australian voters this federal election. More than 10 per cent of respondents to The...
IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them
Humanity still has time to arrest catastrophic global warming – and has the tools to do so quickly and cheaply, the Intergovernmental...
Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: History shows Earth’s interior is more mobile than we thought
Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One is under Africa, the other under the Pacific...
What’s driving record heatwaves in Antarctica and the Arctic, and how they’ll affect wildlife
Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees, respectively, higher...
The danger of Japanese encephalitis is real, but the good news is that the virus is rarely lethal
Australia is dealing with its first-ever major Japanese encephalitis outbreak. Japanese encephalitis is the most severe form of disease caused by Japanese...
From cringe to binge: The ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television
Netflix’s first Australian reality docu-soap series Byron Baes follows a bunch of young, beautiful Instagram influencers in New South Wales beachside town...
Concerned about your risk of a heart attack? Here are five ways to improve your heart health
The news of Shane Warne’s untimely death of a suspected heart attack at the age of only 52 years has left many...