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The Mona Lisa has traditionally been associated with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. But there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a different identity.
Underwater rivers ferry large volumes of seaweed from shallow seas into the deep, where its carbon is stored naturally
Expanding the $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia program would enhance the country’s economic resilience and competitiveness.
We should be eating plenty of fresh produce every day. But throwing away another bunch of wilted herbs is demotivating. Thankfully, there are helpful tips to make produce last.
Plus, five other tips to get more fruit and vegetables in your diet on a budget.
Each side is righteously sensitive to any perceived hate speech from the other, but seems unwilling to limit their own punitive strategies or inflammatory language.
Illegal tin miners take their lives in their hands. The craters they leave behind fill with water – and attract crocs.
Using AI to write search results is risky for Google, the internet, and the whole idea of ‘truth’
Some devices simply block sound. Others cancel out noises using sound engineering. There is positive, but limited, research that suggests they might be useful for autistic or ADHD people.
Riverdance showed ‘traditional’ does not have to mean ‘frozen in the past’; traditional dance can be adapted for modern audiences.
Whether we can recycle plastic or not depends on what it’s made of (because there are many different types of plastic), if it’s sufficiently clean and if enough people will buy recycled products.
Psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, has shown promise in treating anorexia in early studies, mostly in rats. But more research is needed to test if it’s safe and effective in humans.
The latest census figures are released this week, but the long-term trends are already clear: we will soon be more Māori and more Asian, fertility rates are dropping, and more citizens are leaving.
After yet another student is banned for having the “wrong” type of hair at school, new research shows this is part of a wider pattern to enforce norms around gender, class and race.
Forty years of the neoliberal experiment have created a world of vast and increasing inequality. But this can and should change.
New research shows racism among sports fans in Australia is still rife. White footy fans need to report racism – otherwise they’re giving a free kick to bigots.
Only one-third of the top economists surveyed give Jim Chalmers’ third budget an A or a B, down from two-thirds in 2023. Many say it left big issues unaddressed.
Andrew Bragg joins us to explain why the coalition sees migration as a major issue when it comes to housing supply.
The so-called ‘FLiRT’ variants are dominant in the US and appear to be gaining traction in Australia. Here’s the information we have so far.
The ruling could be a legal game-changer for small island nations that are trying to hold developed nations to account for the impacts of their greenhouse gas emissions.
Australia has all the key ingredients to build a booming battery industry. We just need to find the right cooks and co-ordinate all of this frantic activity to get this big opportunity right.
Water is very heavy – and it can move. Until now, changes to water on land have actually offset much of the rising sea level from ice melt. How? Gravity
As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities.
So much is going right for soccer in Australia at the national level and in grassroots participation. But the A-League is struggling to convert its opportunities into wins.