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Can African penguins be brought back from the brink? Better designed no-fishing zones could help

South Africa is home to 88% of the world’s colonies of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus). The species is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This means there is a high risk the birds could go extinct in the wild following rapid population declines.

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Ghana’s cities are getting hotter: they need more trees to keep them cool

Ghana’s cities are expanding at a breathtaking pace. From Madina to Cape Coast, from Sekondi-Takoradi to Tamale, concrete infrastructure are rising, wetlands are shrinking, and open lands are disappearing. But something else is rising quietly alongside this growth. Heat. And not just ordinary heat – dangerous urban heat.

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Forgiveness isn’t always easy, but studies show it can help you flourish

Being hurt by others is common and can be deeply painful. How we respond can affect our individual and collective well-being. Which raises the question of forgiveness.

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Could the experiences of twins help explain why we don’t trust politicians?

In many democracies today, trust in politics is either very low or in decline.

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Anxiety in teenagers linked to sugary drinks – new research

Anxiety affects an estimated one in five teenagers. The condition can seriously affect their social lives, school performance and overall wellbeing. And, worryingly, anxiety disorders that begin during adolescence often continue into adulthood.

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Drug murders in France: how organised crime moves in and ruins communities

France has reached what has been called a “turning point” in its relationship with drugs cartels after Medhi Kessaci the innocent 20-year-old brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci was shot dead in Marseille last November.

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Molecules found in Martian rock hint at ancient life – new study

A new study of carbon-based molecules in a Martian rock offers new hints about the possibility that the red planet once hosted life.

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DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age population

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that everything we thought we knew about the peopling of Europe by modern humans was wrong. The story was simpler than anyone was expecting: Europe was settled in just three…

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How climate scientists balance the tension between research and public protest – new study

From marches and demonstrations to civil disobedience, scientists are increasingly turning to climate protest. As a social psychologist, I’ve been investigating why researchers – who are trained to value scientific norms of objectivity and restraint – choose to engage in such public and sometimes disruptive action.

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View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering

Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways.

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Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age

In the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals in a perpetual tension between resignation and the faint, flickering hope of change.

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Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert

On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.

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Is surgery necessary for my endometriosis or ‘suspected’ endo?

If you live with pelvic pain, period pain, sex or bowel symptoms, you may have been told you could have endometriosis, and that surgery is the “gold standard” for diagnosis and treatment.

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The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new

It’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises make sleep feel like a distant possibility.

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A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship.

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The Coalition has proposed vouchers for nannies or child care. It raises more questions than answers

The federal Coalition has proposed an alternative to the universal child care system involving vouchers that could be used for long daycare, family daycare, nannies or a combination of these.

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Desperate, intelligent, irreverent: in Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, Claire-Louise Bennett breaks up with illusions

In Burnt Norton, the opening section of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, the poet moves down a passage “we did not take” and passes through a door “never opened” to arrive in a mythic rose garden. Here, in the thorny cradle of mournful innocence, a bird delivers the famous line:

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250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’

The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons often flood the Martuwarra Fitzroy River – an artery to the Indian Ocean – in…

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After the Milan Cortina medals, what comes next for Australian winter sports?

Milan Cortina 2026 was Australia’s most successful Winter Olympics.

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The work women do has changed. The case for pay equity in NZ hasn’t

Pay equity is back in the spotlight in New Zealand, with an unofficial “people’s select committee” about to report on last year’s legislative changes that overhauled the process and cancelled existing claims.

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Government has halted controversial policy of destroying court records, investigation reveals

A controversial policy of destroying recordings of trials after seven years is to be abandoned, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has disclosed.

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Good fungus may one day help save plants from bad fungus like deadly myrtle rust disease

What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common?

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Satellite imaging is now vital for disaster management. But there are dangerous gaps in our systems

The extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs of a changing climate. They also highlight the now indispensable role of remote sensing satellite technology.

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The ground beneath Sydney emits radiation. But it’s nothing to worry about

When most people hear the word radiation, their mind jumps straight to nuclear disasters, such as at Chernobyl or Fukushima.

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