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‘I feel more comfortable asking questions’: how we worked with mosques to talk with Muslim women about reproductive health

Governments across Australia have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars towards women’s health services in recent months and years – but having more health services won’t help if people don’t know they’re available or how to access them.

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How does subject scaling work for Year 12? And why is it unfair?

Year 12 subject scaling is back in the news with reports Victorian students who scored a perfect Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 99.95 in 2025 all did the two hardest maths subjects, which scale up.

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Zero-alcohol drinks are rising in popularity. What do young people think about them?

Over the past decade, zero-alcohol drinks have gone from a relatively niche product to a staple of our supermarket aisles, bottle stores and pubs.

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Friday essay: Jeff Sparrow on the radical hope of ‘forgotten’ Australian writer Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Venner Harford was a woman who knew she’d die young but became a revolutionary all the same, who loved both women and men with a passion always overwhelming and often unwise, and who wrote exquisitely about the transformations of the modern age: what they meant and what might be…

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Experimental brain implants are on the rise. What happens after the trials are over?

In 2024, Elon Musk’s Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from scientists and allegations of animal cruelty.

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I’m trying to lose weight. Will exercising make me hungrier and eat more?

We’ve all been there. You spend an hour in the gym, and before you even reach the change room, you start thinking about our favourite takeaway meal – after all, you’ve earned it!

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School formals can increase body image anxiety for some teens. Here’s how parents can help

Formal is one of the most exciting events on the school calendar for many senior students.

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Australia needs renewable energy fast – but building it is only half the battle

Australia’s energy transition has never been more urgent.

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Meta’s $18b settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits – and how they avoided harsh penalties

Reading the details of tech giant Meta’s landmark US$18 billion (A$25 billion) settlement with US state attorneys-general brought an intense sense of déjà vu.

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What we forget when we remember 9/11

For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.”

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Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms hit – what you should know before going in

Hiking a picturesque valley or climbing a craggy gorge are some of the most exhilarating experiences in nature. As a geologist, I have hiked and climbed some of the most intense terrains in the world, including in the Andes, Middle Eastern deserts, the Balkans and the Appalachians.

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Qualified but overlooked: How bias keeps Indigenous job seekers from getting hired

Indigenous workers in Canada experience higher unemployment rates and lower rates of labour market participation than non-Indigenous workers. Policy discussions about closing this gap have often highlighted education, training and skills development as important pathways to employment.

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Inside the booming ‘shadow fleet’ industry keeping rogue states afloat

It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea.

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Human ‘safety drivers’ in Uber robotaxis could lose skills if all they do is observe

Imagine getting into a London taxi. Someone is sitting in the driver’s seat, but the car is driving itself. If the autonomous system gets into difficulty, they must recognise what is happening, decide whether to intervene and, within seconds, potentially take control.

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How the Bayeux tapestry came alive for the people who viewed it a thousand years ago

As a professional embroiderer and textile archaeologist specialising in the early medieval period (450-1100 CE), I was privileged to be asked to contribute to the British Museum’s catalogue for its much-anticipated exhibition of the Bayeux tapestry, which is on display from September 2026 till July 2027.

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: what its success means for children’s reading

It was sad but strangely fitting that Dolly Parton should have died during the UK’s National Year of Reading, given the way the much-loved country singer used her wealth and influence to promote reading.

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Nepal floods: Khalte residents knew the river could take their camp – and then it did

Khalte, a settlement close to the bank of the Trishuli River in northern Nepal, was completely destroyed in the flash flooding of late August. Khalte housed around 257 families who had been displaced by a previous disaster, when Nepal was rocked by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in 2015.

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Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to catch up

The exact timeline of the recent Nepal flooding disaster is becoming clearer. At 8:37am, instruments recorded what was initially interpreted as an earthquake near Nepal’s border with China. Seven minutes later, CCTV recorded the Gyirong Port border post being destroyed by a massive debris flow and flood.

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How AI could make us work even harder

Technological progress has taken more than its fair share of the workload from humans over the years. Washing machines clean our clothes, tractors plough the fields and computers sort out the admin.

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How a little stress may help our cells protect themselves

The cells of our body are frequently exposed to hazards that can cause them to be damaged, malfunction or die. Yet they have defence systems that can sometimes be strengthened by small doses of stress, a phenomenon known as hormesis. Scientists are investigating whether food compounds and medicines can harness…

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Brazilian meat, antibiotics and superbugs: what you need to know

From 3 September 2026, Brazilian beef, poultry and other animal products will no longer be authorised for import into the European Union (EU) or Northern Ireland. England, Scotland and Wales will continue accepting them during a separate UK assessment. The split concerns how antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines are used…

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Moscow has a long history of paranoia about Britain’s support for Russia’s enemies

Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August over the UK’s support for Ukraine. The success of Ukraine’s long-range strikes against targets deep inside Russia, with the help of UK-made drones, and the UK’s commitment to supply blueprints to help it manufacture long-range missiles, led the…

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Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected].

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Europe relies on Morocco to keep migrants out – Ceuta shows the political cost

The movement of tens of thousands people into Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the north African coast, in July 2026 has highlighted faultlines in the politics of migration between Europe and Morocco.

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DRC’s Ebola epidemic could be the worst in history: 4 things that could help end it

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s fight against Ebola has reached a tipping point. It can accelerate what it has been doing to bring the latest outbreak under control, or risk allowing it to persist as the worst Ebola epidemic ever recorded.

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