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Review underway as workers pay a deadly price for cheaper engineered-stone bench tops

Many engineered-stone benchtops could soon be taken off the market as governments push ahead with plans to review a ban.

The New Daily

New results from NASA's DART planetary defence mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids

What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it safely to prevent the impact?

The Conversation

What is happening in Turkey, Syria? Key quake questions answered

Thousands of people have been killed in both countries as a magnitude 7.8 quake caused widespread destruction.

Al Jazeera

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ChatGPT sparks cheating, ethical concerns as students try realistic essay writing technology

A new artificial intelligence chatbot that can generate realistic, human-like text is causing intense debate among educators, with schools, universities and students divided about whether it poses a threat to learning or will enhance it.

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Lecturer detects bot use in one-fifth of assessments as concerns mount over AI in exams

Deakin University’s Sally Brandon says technology ‘not going away’ as educators strive to adapt to use of software such as ChatGPT

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Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe

Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or so, one of those stars will wander too close to the supermassive black hole lurking at the galaxy’s centre and be torn apart. These cosmic behemoths weigh in at millions…

The Conversation

Meteorite field found north of Port Augusta

Scientists find a field of meteorites nine years after an asteroid crashed to Earth at 20 kilometres per second.

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The dark side of Korean pop-nationalism

As K-cultures have become globally popular, Korea is an attractive destination for aspiring influencers

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Perth pollen monitoring, forecast system to help hayfever, asthma sufferers assess health risk

A new pollen monitoring service launched in Perth is part of a wider plan to establish a national system.

ABC News

Leading economists back federal government action to curb rising gas and electricity prices

Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly endorsed intervention to restrain gas and electricity prices, with only three of the 47 leading economists surveyed believing the best thing the government can do is to leave things to the market.

The Conversation

What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?

Brain fog is exactly what it sounds like: Feeling like being shrouded by a thick fog, feeling disoriented and having trouble concentrating.

The New Daily

Australians struggling with persistent concussion symptoms need specialist services, trained doctors, brain injury experts say

For up to 30 per cent of people who sustain a concussion, symptoms persist for months or years, with devastating consequences. However, experts say too many Australians are suffering in silence, unable to find or pay for the care they need.

ABC News

Surprise discovery of radio signals could help track space junk and limit global security risks

A radio telescope used to look back 13 billion years stumbled over signals that may change the way ever-increasing space junk can be safely managed.

ABC News

In 300 million years, the planet's most iconic ocean will be gone — study

For the sake of the study, the research team ran a series of 4-D geodynamic modeling on a supercomputer to simulate how supercontinents form.

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What's the best university in the world? What's the best Australian uni? Here's what the World University Rankings list says

The University of Melbourne topped The Times Higher Education World University Rankings list for the nation, coming in at number 34 in the world. Find out how your uni went.

AAP

WA university staff fight for ban on calls

Staff at a West Australian university have become embroiled in an unusual industrial dispute over the right to not answer phone calls or emails.

The Conversation

Australia's first Binar spacecraft just came down to Earth as a fireball. Here's what we learned

This weekend marked a milestone for Western Australia’s Binar Space Program as its first satellite Binar-1 lived up to its name.

The Independent UK

Asteroid impacts on moon coincide with some on Earth, glass bead study shows

The research found that major impact events on Earth did not happen in isolation, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts.

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The Independent UK

380m-year-old ‘beautifully preserved’ fish heart is oldest ever found

The discovery could shed light on how creatures, including humans, evolved, researchers say.

AAP

Jaw-dropping fish heart fossil found in WA

The discovery of a 380-million-year-old fossilised heart in a jawed fish preserved in limestone in Western Australia has stunned researchers.

ABC News

Bridging visa restrictions stop skilled migrant women from working in professional careers

Migrant doctors, nurses, engineers and pharmacists say their bridging visas are stopping them from getting jobs in Australia — but they are working to change that.

AAP

Endangered whale species have fewer calves

A world-class research project has found the Australian southern right whale is calving less frequently due to climate change and slower recovery rates.

ABC News

Curtin University casual staff in wages theft claim

A Curtin University casual lecturer says he's paid for only about half of the time he spends marking students' work, and a union says casual staff are being paid per assignment marked instead of per hour.

ABC News

Could paying for nursing degrees help address crisis-level nursing shortages in WA?

Financial incentives for WA's student nurses can help address crisis-level skills shortages in an industry plagued by burnout, the state's former top nurse says.

The Guardian - AU

‘Good’ posture doesn’t prevent back pain, and ‘bad’ posture doesn’t cause it

The idea that slouching will damage your back lacks evidence. But there are other factors known to be important for spine health

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