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Health & Medicine

Heatwaves and climate change are Australia’s deadliest ‘unnatural’ disaster

With the mercury soaring in much of the country, extreme heat and heatwaves are fast becoming Australia’s most urgent climate-driven health emergency

Informed Opinion

The birth of Australia's holiday road trip

Holidays often mean an exodus across Australia, and it reminds us of a time when the open road was king

Holiday stress and how to beat it

Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season, but some understanding of why we get anxious and the effect on our bodies can help us relax this Christmas

How to give your animal friends a stress-free holiday season

From posing for the family Christmas photo to the hot days of summer – here are some tips to help give your pet a happy holiday as well

Environment

7 good things humanity did to combat climate change in 2024

Despite the deluge of bleak environmental news, here are some examples of the positive climate progress we made this year

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

Ancestral ties to the Kabayan ‘fire’ mummies is driving research to save them

An unexpected family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them

Narcissus and the drawbacks of being a hot teenage boy

The myth of Narcissus as told by the Roman poet Ovid isn’t so much about narcissism and self-discovery, as about what it is to transgress the norms of male sexuality

Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets

New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago

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