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A bricks and mortar approach to fighting modern slavery

The nature of the construction industry makes it very vulnerable to modern slavery. Addressing the problem will take more than just legislation.

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Return to Uluru: ending the unfinished business that began with a 1934 police shooting

Ninety years after Pitjantjatjara man Yukun was killed by police and his remains sent to museums in Adelaide, he is finally laid to rest

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Aboriginal man laid to rest in moving ceremony 90 years after he was killed by police at Uluru

Family of Yukun call for government apology and compensation as university says sorry for storing remains

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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.

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Nazi scientist Otmar von Verschuer's correspondence with British biologist illuminates corruption of medicine

In the archives of the University of Adelaide is an exchange of letters between an infamous German geneticist and a famed British biologist that reveals much about how Nazi scientists were able to reinvent themselves after the war.

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Derek Abbott, who helped crack the Somerton Man case, reveals how DNA helped solve the mystery — as it happened

It's the case that baffled detectives and amateur sleuths for decades. Now the experts have tackled everything you've ever wanted to know.

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The Somerton Man has been named. What do we know about Carl 'Charles' Webb?

After more than 70 years, the mysterious Somerton Man has been identified as Melbourne electrical engineer Carl Webb. What do we know about his life so far?

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Murders, rapes and more cases like the Somerton Man could be solved with more use of genetic genealogy technology, expert says

A forensic anthropologist and criminologist says Australian police forces should be quicker to embrace the genetic genealogy technology that was used by researchers to identify the Somerton Man after more than 70 years of mystery.

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Researchers claim to have solved mystery of stranger who washed up on Australian beach 70 years ago

South Australia Police and Forensic Science South Australia have not verified the findings of Prof Abbott so far

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Somerton man 'identified' as Carl Webb

A University of Adelaide professor says he's identified the so-called Somerton man as Victorian engineer Carl Webb, ending an enduring mystery.

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University of Adelaide student union rebrands with same name as porn website

SA Greens MP Robert Simms has questioned a decision by Adelaide University's student union to rebrand, saying it's a "pretty sad day when students wanting to Google their student union come up with a porn site".

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Special Report: Pacific primer

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of…

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Philosopher UT Place donates brain to University of Adelaide after dedicating his life to studying the mind

Philosopher UT Place spent much of his time thinking about brains — what they are, how they work and how they produce conscious experience. When he died, he donated his own brain for public display.

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Biological defleecing trials produce promising results in 'potential game changer' for wool industry

Wool producers look for alternative ways to get the fleece off their animals amid the shearer shortage, and biological defleecing could be the answer.

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Advanced new model of Earth’s tectonic plates to improve global quake and volcano threat prediction

‘Biggest changes to the plate model have been in western North America’

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Occult club registration rejected after complaint it may summon Satan to University of Adelaide

A club for pagans, witches and Satanists says claims made against it are untrue and it plans to appeal a decision to reject its affiliation with the Adelaide University Union.

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Scientists find way to make better wheat

A team of international scientists has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat, which could increase protein content by up to 25 per cent.

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George Duncan's death remembered as gay law reform milestone 50 years after his drowning

The Scott Johnson case has prompted renewed national focus on gay-hate killings in Australia. But, before that crime, was another: the death of George Duncan, which had certain "parallels", and remains both shocking and unsolved.

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Why does my cat wake me up so early, and what can I do about it?

Cats are evolved for night-time activity but during domestication they have adapted to human lifestyles

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Adelaide University sexual harassment case to assess whether professor made 'unwelcome' advance on colleague

A senior University of Adelaide mathematics lecturer tells a South Australian tribunal that she was in shock in the days after a professor she respected had allegedly sexually harassed her at a hotel during a 2019 conference.

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Why does my cat wake me up so early, and what can I do about it?

The reason why your cat is waking you up will often help you understand how to stop them. Here are three reasons your cat might be waking you up and how to address the issue, write Susan Hazel and Julia Henning.

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University of Adelaide maths professor Joshua Ross accused of sexual harassment in tribunal documents

A senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide files a sexual harassment complaint in a South Australian tribunal against the professor responsible for the state's COVID-19 modelling.

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The meningitis vaccine may protect against this dreaded STD, new studies show

Three studies published in the Lancet look at different advantages of using a meningitis vaccine to protect against gonorrhea.

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'Cold case' gay murders: two books illuminate Australia's dark history of police and military violence

In 1972, Dr George Duncan was a newly employed law lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Late one night, he visited a well-known beat on the banks of the River Torrens where men would meet for sex. There, Duncan and another man, Roger James, were attacked and thrown into the…

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Cash-strapped battlers can no longer afford repairs on houses as maintenance costs soar

Routine maintenance jobs, like fixing a leaking roof or rotten stairs and painting, are out of reach for a growing number of cash-strapped Queenslanders as labour shortages and material price hikes bite.

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