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Sciences & Technology
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Exploding stars are trying to talk to us through gravitational waves
The cataclysmic explosions of dying stars can help us unlock grand mysteries of the universe. So we’re priming our detection tools to make the most of the next one we get
Environment
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Tracking the Antarctic ice most at risk of breakup and melting
The most extensive analysis of satellite records shows Antarctica’s marginal ice zone – the area of sea ice most affected by waves – is larger and more dynamic than previously thought
Health & Medicine
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How an app is growing social connections for people with disability and carers
A new Australian platform – co-designed by people with disability and carers – is helping build connections through physical activity
Health & Medicine
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Culturally relevant messaging matters for First Nations peoples
A flowing river for arteries, a bare boab tree for depression. A project in the Kimberley shows how listening before we speak can improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people
Politics & Society
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Over 45 and looking for a job? AI thinks you might be too old
New research shows that ChatGPT prefers younger employees for our “fast-moving” world, and it may be contributing to already-high levels of ageism in recruitment
Education
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Djambatj Dhukarr – Walking the Road to Excellence Together
For fifteen years, teacher candidates from Melbourne have learned on Yolŋu Country in bilingual classrooms, showing what respectful collaboration between universities and Indigenous communities can look like
Environment
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How corals ‘breathe’ by stirring the ocean around them
Tiny hair-like appendages on corals generate swirling microscopic currents – an ingenious way to exchange oxygen and nutrients with their surroundings
Arts & Culture
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How Pasifika communities are reconnecting with their past in Australian museums
When a Samoan ethnomusicologist visited Melbourne's Grainger Museum as a music student, she found objects her community had no idea were there. Now she's changing that
Politics & Society
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What BMX teaches us about belonging (and not belonging)
Building community, confidence and resilience are integral for the psychosocial health of people with disability. And you can find them all in BMX