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How much training is too much for a racehorse? New bone research has some answers

Training is a known risk factor for racehorse injury and fatality. Now, a new mathematical model of bone health could help trainers and veterinarians balance training and rest in Thoroughbreds

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Pacific voices call for a lifeline. And we’re listening

Pasifika delegates at the pre-COP31 conference stressed that limiting global warming to 1.5°C is vital to protecting the security, safety and cultural identity of Pacific nations

Health & Medicine

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Research

New tool helps women decide if egg freezing is right for them

Egg freezing has gone up by more than 500 per cent in less than a decade, but it's an expensive and uncertain procedure. A free, evidence-based resource is now helping women think it through

Sciences & Technology

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Research

Australia's catastrophic bushfire crisis has its roots in colonisation

New research tracing 1000 years of fire history shows how Australia's forests grew more fire-prone after colonisation, creating landscapes that drive the country's worsening bushfire crisis

Politics & Society

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Analysis

What Australia's landmark climate ruling could mean for new fossil fuel projects

Australia's High Court has ruled that environmental authorities assessing a coal mine expansion must consider emissions from burning its coal, even overseas

Education

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Research

When a bike path is more than a bike path

New infrastructure is building '20 minute cities'. Beyond practical benefits, this approach is likely to offer considerable social and personal value – gains yet to be fully measured

Politics & Society

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Opinion

We know how to end homelessness. We just won’t pay for it

Japan has record low levels of homelessness and Finland has spent decades driving its numbers down. One built its way there, the other made housing unconditional. Australia needs both

Environment

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Opinion

What to expect from COP31 – and why it matters

Australia and Türkiye will soon be the first countries to share hosting rights for a COP meeting. So how will this arrangement play out, and what are the opportunities?

Education

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Special Report

Melbourne’s future as a learning city

Melbourne could become a learning city that creates, questions and shares knowledge, and listens to its future leaders and innovators

Sciences & Technology

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Map of the Month

The things we’re missing about snake season in Melbourne

Urban sprawl and climate change mean ‘snake season’ isn't as simple as a date on the calendar. Our new Map of the Month tells you what you need to know to shed your snake bias