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Deep-rooted inequalities are driving the latest diphtheria outbreak. But we can fix them

The current diphtheria outbreak – which has spread across four Australian states and possibly claimed one man’s life – may seem unexpected.

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Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.

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Scientists have scrapped the worst-case climate scenario – because action is making a difference

When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like, depending on how fast we act to cut emissions.

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Interest rates look set to hold, after inflation and fuel costs fell in April. But it’s unlikely to last

Inflation actually fell in Australia last month, thanks to temporary government fuel discounts that saw fuel prices come down by 7% from their record peaks in March.

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Metal fans love rebels – until they’re queer. Caleb Shomo’s coming out exposes deep hypocrisy

On May 23, Caleb Shomo, lead singer of American rock/metalcore band Beartooth, publicly came out in an Instagram post as a “proudly gay man”.

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Special poll has Labor barely winning majority as One Nation continues to gain

A special Redbridge poll that was mostly taken before the federal budget had Labor winning 76 of the 150 House of Representatives seats (a majority of one), with One Nation on 53 and the Coalition 12.

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Why do I wake up so tired after vivid dreams?

Some mornings when you wake up, your head is fuzzy, your body is heavy, and you don’t feel rested. It felt like you were dreaming all night.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Wolahan on when Liberals should preference One Nation

The Liberal Party is now “fighting for its existence”, according to one of its own former federal MPs.

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World’s largest study of child sexual abuse perpetrators reveals why they abuse

Warning: this article contains distressing quotes from perpetrators of child sexual abuse.

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Patricia Cornwell survived her parents’ breakdown, psychosis and neglect by creating her own worlds

In 1976, Patsy Daniels, an English major at Davidson College in North Carolina wrote her first book. An autobiographical novel describing a fraught childhood and adolescence, it was never published. In 1990, Patsy, now identifying as Patricia Daniels Cornwell, wrote a forensic thriller, Postmortem, introducing medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta…

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A ‘supereruption’ transformed NZ 350,000 years ago. We now know how it happened

Some 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand’s North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today.

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Planes, trains and pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19 about travel risks posed by hantavirus and Ebola

International travel volumes have now fully recovered from the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the upcoming World Cup poised to drive a surge in Canadian tourism, recent hantavirus and Ebola virus outbreaks remind us of the need to effectively manage travel-related public health risks in a world on the…

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Deep-sea sponges survive in complete darkness in ways we didn’t know before

When we think of marine life, we usually picture colourful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight.

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The Backrooms: how a teenager’s creepy YouTube series became the year’s most anticipated horror

Before Kane Parsons had a Hollywood deal, he had a cheap laptop in his bedroom, a consumer-grade camera, and a grainy image from a 4chan forum.

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Only 37% of Year 10 students meet our national standards for digital skills

The latest round of national testing has shown Australian school students’ skills around digital tools, such as computers and tablets, has dropped.

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For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?

Mining giant BHP has come under fire for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new diesel trucks in the Pilbara, despite promising a transition to electric trucks in its climate strategy.

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We need a new anti-corruption commissioner. Here’s how to pick the right one

The abrupt resignation of the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton is a pivotal moment for the federal watchdog. For years, questions over the commissioner’s leadership arising from concerns about his ability to manage conflicts of interest had undermined public confidence and trust in a key Australian integrity institution.

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Auction sales are sliding, banks are tightening loans. But is the budget really the only factor?

To say this year’s federal budget has ruffled some feathers would be an understatement. The Albanese government announced major reforms to two tax breaks long seen as politically untouchable – negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.

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What is trauma? The more we talk about it, the more it means

It’s the word of the decade. “A major signifier of our age.” “The invisible force that shapes our lives.”

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Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a process that was set in motion back in July 2023, when a group of government whistleblowers testified before…

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Rising geoplitical tensions show why Canada’s agri-food trade strategy needs to change

Canada’s agricultural exporters are under pressure from trade disputes on multiple fronts: tariff disputes with the United States and China and diplomatic friction with India and Saudi Arabia, to name a few.

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Why Mark Carney is pushing ‘Fortress North America’ amid deep Canadian distrust of the U.S.

Prime Minister Carney recently said that “like Mexico, Canada remains open to deeper integration, including options for Fortress North America in (certain) sectors.” He added that “offers are on the table,” though he did not specify what they were.

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How mobile deep-space medical systems could support future landings on the moon and Mars

Around the world, people watched NASA’s Artemis II mission in awe as humans returned to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972.

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Canada should ban fossil fuel ads ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

When the FIFA Men’s World Cup arrives in Toronto soon, it will be accompanied by one of its highly controversial Major Worldwide Partners, Saudi Arabia’s national fossil fuel company, Saudi Aramco.

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Even top athletes skip stretching – what amateurs can learn from the elites who struggle with recovery routines

If you watch elite sport, it may be easy to imagine that top athletes have perfected every detail: training, nutrition, sleep, recovery. Yet even elite athletes with expert support can struggle to maintain good recovery habits, like stretching or foam rolling.

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