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A 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Mexico on 8 September 2017. Fortunately, initial fears of a damaging tsunami hitting the coastline now appear unfounded.
How exactly do the stars twinkle in the night sky? As it turns out, the answer is full of hot air… and cold air.
The Dera Sacha Sauda episode has several important questions, mostly related to the crisis of spirituality and modernity in India today.
The anti-fascist movement, or ‘antifa’, has undergone more of an evolution of progressive militancy than a birth.
Georgina, age 5, wants to know why rainbows are round.
Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is a short-acting antipsychotic drug to treat major mental illnesses. It has also been increasingly prescribed off-label for insomnia.
Whether or not a prospective citizen would face a longer wait in Australia compared to Germany, Canada or the UK comes down to their individual circumstances.
The government seems determined to give voters a voice on marriage equality, and equally determined not to be bound by what those voters say.
Some people think the sky is blue because of sunlight reflected off the ocean and back into the sky. But that’s not the real reason.
Unlike most domestic criminal law, the laws governing the behaviour of Australian armed forces apply to criminal conduct alleged to have taken place overseas.
Given the Turnbull government only has a one-seat majority in the lower house, the immediate stakes of the challenge to David Gillespie’s eligibility are as high as they could possibly be.
It is obviously important to protect the institutional integrity and independence of the judiciary – but the judiciary and judicial decisions should not be immune from criticism.
Islam’s position on domestic violence is drawn from the Qur’an, prophetic practice, and historical and contemporary legal verdicts.
An outline of the ways laws to restrict the activities of terrorist suspects have evolved.
Australia sends 20 million tonnes of garbage to landfill every year. With thousands of sites across the nation, it’s hard to track exactly how many there are, where they are, and what’s filling them.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. It is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a cancer treatment plan.
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
Students will now have to pay back more of their loan, and repay quicker.
Millie, aged 5, wants to know where money comes from. We asked an economist to explain.
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