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Environment | Analysis

Australian biosecurity needs a whole-of government, whole-of-society approach

The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to prevent and prepare for pandemic threats to human health. But what are we doing about animal health? 

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A firefighting helicopter drops water on a huge wildfire in Los Angeles

Sciences & Technology | Research

Climate change is turning global wildfires into monsters

The second edition of an annual global assessment of wildfires warns that climate change has made burned areas 30 times larger in some regions

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Education | Analysis

Young people are using AI coaches, but are they using the right ones?

We need to ensure that AI coaches can be challenged, are responsive to human feedback and accountable to the communities they serve

Sciences & Technology

The Nobel Prize winner who built a whole new field of chemistry

Politics & Society | Analysis

Now is the time to get disability human rights into Australian anti-discrimination law

Health & Medicine | Research

Giving parents the tools (without the guilt) to support a teenager's sleep

Sciences & Technology | Research

The time is ripe for chronoculture

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Environment

Analysis

Australia’s new target to cut climate pollution is undermined by fossil fuel expansion

For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports

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Special Report

All the world's a game

From cosplay to LARPs, from exposing racism to architectural experimentation, games are reshaping how we learn, connect and fight

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

Taking Indigenous Australia to NASA

Tully Mahr is one of five Australians heading to an internship with NASA, where the 21-year-old will spend three months researching life’s origins and planet habitability

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

The dark matter detective

High energy physicist Professor Elisabetta Barberio is leading groundbreaking Australian research in the hunt for dark matter and it’s all happening deep underground

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

The palaeontology field keeps you on your toes

Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice

Sciences & Technology

Opinion

What the global decline of greyhound racing means for all dogs

On International Dog Day, we’re seeing a fundamental change in how people think about animals. And anyone caring for dogs must understand it comes with profound responsibilities

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