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1.4KKnowledgeOnline Food Delivery Could be Harming our Health
With the simple touch of a smartphone, online food delivery services conveniently offer takeaway food straight to your door. Contact-free delivery has...
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Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ Still Relevant
Seventy-five years ago, in August 1946, George Orwell’s Animal Farm was published in the United States. It was a huge success, with...
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Aussie Slang hasn’t Carked It
Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that...
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Apocalyptic Films have Lulled us into a False Sense of Security about Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sobering ‘code red for humanity’ report comes on the heels of months of devastating weather events...
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Tongerlongeter — the Tasmanian Resistance fighter we should Remember as a War Hero
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. Australians love their war heroes....
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Are Young People ‘Turning their Backs’ on Democracy?
The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid...
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Economists on Immigration v Wages
Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly rejected cuts to either permanent or temporary migration as a means of restoring lost wage growth. The...
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Tendons Crucial to High-Speed Performance
The fastest sprinter is the world right now is Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who won Olympic gold in the men’s 100-metre sprint with...
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Pest Plants & Animals Cost Us $25b/yr and it’s Worsening
Shamefully, Australia has one of the highest extinction rates in the world. And the number one threat to our species is invasive...
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South Korea is Bringing Back Bears in a Country of 52M People – I Went to Find Out How
The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 popularised the idea of reintroducing long-lost species to modern habitats. While scientists...
