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In some ways, a space rocket and a passenger aircraft fly much the same. But there is one big reason we can’t just take an aircraft into space.
As global travel slowly resumes and many young people start thinking about working overseas again, global competition for this market will be intense.
Start 2022 by improving your password hygiene. Ideally you can use a password manager, but at the very least make sure your financial, social and work accounts each has their own strong, unique login.
With its simple but graphic line drawings and relaxed approach, The Joy of Sex offered a recipe for ‘doing it right’.
Doctors don’t ‘check you for everything’, but are guided by what you personally would benefit from, based on your age and individual history.
The latest medical scanning technology revealed details of a plesiosaur’s inner ear, showing the extinct marine reptiles swam with their head slightly lowered – unlike the Loch Ness ‘sock puppet’.
What if we could help threatened marsupials evolve to survive foxes and feral cats?
‘Tis the season for summer lovin’. But make sure you’re clear about your expectations.
The rhetoric and policy focus of the Howard government in the wake of the Tampa crisis and the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 changed dramatically – and the effects are still being felt today.
After two years of pandemic life, New Year’s resolutions may come with a new intensity.
The Australian summer has provided its own colourful vocabulary over the years, from Spooners to speedos and bush walks to hikes.
From my years researching wine chemistry and wine oxidation, I know making every attempt to minimise contact between wine and oxygen is vital. Sealing the bottle is essential.
The calendar helps to give us a map of the shifting revolutions of the seasons, ordering our days. But how did it come about?
It would be easy to interpret the Wachowskis’ films as innately trans, but in doing so, we might be relying too heavily on auteur theory.
South Australia’s Riverland adopted a Swedish system to control the dissemination of alcohol, even as it began the journey to becoming Australia’s biggest wine producer.
Contributions from citizen scientists who look for orchids are incredibly valuable in orchid research because they cover much more ground than a handful of experts.
Unfortunately, it’s likely you brought them home yourself. Most pantry moth infestations probably start when we inadvertently bring home eggs and caterpillars in our dried foods.
Adapting a stage musical to the big screen is never simple, and can often go disastrously wrong. Here’s our expert’s opinions on what works and what doesn’t.
For a long time the roof has been an afterthought in urban design, but the future is definitely looking up.
Genes and environments almost always combine to influence our risk of diseases. Research in twins has helped us understand how.
Travellers have experienced progressively cheaper air fares since the 1970s. That era may be over.
Through lockdowns, vaccine mandates and the spectre of mass death, the pandemic has uprooted our lives and challenged us to think differently about ethics. What might the future hold?
Continents colliding, mountains rising and falling, and remarkable strength. The story of Australia’s most iconic mountain is truly magical.
With some three million podcasts out there, how to know which ones to choose? Here are our expert picks for summer listening.