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How much of your $6 coffee actually reaches the farmer?
A lot goes into taking your coffee beans from a distant farm to a Melbourne café. Knowing what’s real and what’s marketing can help you support everyone from farm to cup
Sciences & Technology
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Pacific farmers are reviving traditional knowledge to tackle a changing climate
Drawing on long-held knowledge, research is helping farmers better adapt to climate challenges like drought, weed pressure and declining soil health
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Australia's elusive rakali is hiding and thriving in Melbourne's waterways
The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing
Environment
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As flood risk grows, underinsurance could become Australia’s least visible climate problem
More homes than ever are being mapped into flood zones, but many households are dropping their cover. New research points to a confusing system, not complacent homeowners
Sciences & Technology
Analysis
How rocket launches could threaten Australia’s coastal wildlife
Blast waves, acoustic trauma and sonic booms pose serious, underexamined risks to the threatened species living near proposed launch sites like South Australia's Whalers Way
Sciences & Technology
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Bird flu has reached Australia. Here’s how you can help
The H5 bird flu virus is in Australia, raising fears for wildlife, livestock and the nation's biosecurity. Here's what the experts say, and what you can do to help
Sciences & Technology
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A vital native bee highway can start in your own backyard
Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. Our new Map of the Month tells us where some of our most charismatic native bees live in the City of Melbourne and the plants that support them
Sciences & Technology
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Greyhound racing says it’s transparent, so we used AI to check - dog by dog
When an industry publishes its own welfare data, how can anyone check it? We built AI agents to go through the public records on fatalities in greyhound racing and found a rising death rate
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