Tasmanian Times
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1.3KKeep Children from Hospital during Pandemic
With stressed hospital services, and concerns about the spread of COVID-19, experts are reminding carers of children and young people of the...
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Climate Change Threats to World Heritage
Many of the world's precious heritage sites are under threat from climate change. Adam Markham does the rounds.
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The Crowther Diaries
Of the 330,000 Australian soldiers who fought in World War I, thousands of them kept a diary. Sir William Edward Lodewyck Hamilton...
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Tas That Was – A Hobart ANZAC Day Parade in the mid-1950s
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Hobart Anzac Day Age shall not weary them, nor the...
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Hydro Talks Up Future
Hydro Tasmania continues to examine the role the Battery of the Nation project in state’s future. The government business is still looking...
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What if a Vaccine or Drugs don’t Save Us? Coronavirus Plan B
What if the vaccine or drugs don’t save us? Plan B for coronavirus means research on alternatives is urgently needed The curve...
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Curiosity Bait to Kill Tas Cats
Tasmanian approval is pending for a new bait designed to kill feral cats and not native wildlife. Federal registration has just been...
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Did COVID-19 come from a Lab in Wuhan?
Speculation that the virus that causes COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab has been given some weight, as the Trump Administration has announced an investigation...
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An Old Problem: How Immune Responses Weaken with Age
The body’s defences lose flexibility and diversity over time, and protective responses to vaccines weaken as well. Scientists are working on ways...
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Tas That Was – The 1967 Bushfires
On Tuesday, 7 February 1967, 110 fires swept through south-east Tasmania. Within hours, around 2,640 square kilometres (652,000 acres) of land had...
