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Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage...
Roman Samborskyi/ShutterstockMeta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025. This means more than two million user-made filters...
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Climate change threatens Australian tourism more than is widely believed....
idiz/ShutterstockRight now, Australia is one of the top five tourist destinations in the world, a distinction the World Economic Forum says it shares with only the United States, France, Spain and...
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How we think about ‘obesity’ and body weight is changing. Here’s why
World Obesity FederationFrom doctors’ offices to family gatherings, larger-bodied people report being bombarded with unsolicited advice about their eating and exercise habits. The underlying message?...
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Hannah Arendt wanted political thinking to be urgent and engaged. She is a...
Lyndsey Stonebridge begins We Are Free to Change the World, her illuminating biography of Hannah Arendt, by reminding us of her subject’s continuing relevance. Arendt is sometimes thought of as a lofty...
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Even the heaviest particles experience the usual quantum weirdness, new...
The ATLAS detector under construction.CERNOne of the most surprising predictions of physics is entanglement, a phenomenon where objects can be some distance apart but still linked together. The...
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The genes tell a story: new research offers much-needed certainty for...
A global rise in autism diagnoses is putting the spotlight on this relatively common neurodevelopmental difference. A recent study identified autism in 1.3% of four- to five-year-olds in Aotearoa New...
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Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named...
An artist's illustration of Porphyrion.E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. OeiThe largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the...
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The US election has put the spotlight on Haiti. Its history reveals extensive...
Since the recent US presidential debate, Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance have doubled down on claims that Haitian immigrants are causing crime and disorder in Springfield, Ohio.These claims...
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E-scooter riders flouting rules, blocking footpaths and causing accidents? We...
Recent decisions by several Australian and New Zealand cities to discontinue shared e‑scooter services have again thrust misperceptions and moral panic into the limelight. Some city councils have...
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Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven...
Getty ImagesThe university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is at a tipping point due to chronic underfunding, shifting enrolments and increasing costs from inflation. In response, the government has...
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Australians are flocking to play futsal, a sport that helped launch many...
Dziurek/ShutterstockIt’s the next global sporting event on a busy 2024 calendar – the 10th FIFA Futsal World Cup is underway in Uzbekistan. While the indoor soccer variant might be on your radar as a...
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‘Side job, self-employed, high-paid’: behind the AI slop flooding TikTok and...
TikTok / The ConversationTikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms are being flooded with uncanny and bizarre content generated with artificial intelligence (AI), from fake videos of the US...
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Victorian households are poorly prepared for longer, more frequent heatwaves...
M-Production, ShutterstockHeatwaves in Australia are expected to become hotter, longer and more frequent under climate change. They can seriously affect our health and wellbeing, and even kill...
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Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book...
It is well known former US President Donald Trump admires the power strongman leaders wield. What is less well known are the problematic long-term constitutional consequences of this kind of strongman...
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I think my child is having panic attacks. What should we do?
Allan Mas/PexelsIn the movie Inside Out 2, 13-year-old Riley, who has recently started puberty, has a panic attack during a hockey game timeout.Anxiety (the emotion responsible for the panic attack)...
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Yes, you do need to clean your tongue. Here’s how and why
luisrsphoto/ShutterstockHas your doctor asked you to stick out your tongue and say “aaah”? While the GP assesses your throat, they’re also checking out your tongue, which can reveal a lot about your...
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Unemployment of 4.2% is a sign of RBA success, but it might not last. Here’s why
Today’s news that an extra 47,500 Australians found work in August while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2% is a sign of success for both the government and Reserve Bank.It’s a sign of success...
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Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy – is multi-level marketing in trouble?
ArtZiq_TRG/ShutterstockTupperware is one of the few iconic brands with which nearly every Australian has come into contact at some stage. Some, like me, will have grown up watching their mums host...
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Grattan on Friday: US rate cut puts pressure on RBA - and things could get...
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might need her flak jacket when she fronts the media next Tuesday after the bank’s two-day board meeting.This week’s United States Federal Reserve interest rate...
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Friday essay: We all live in the world of Ayn Rand, egomaniac godmother of...
Love her or loathe her, Ayn Rand is an undeniably influential figure. Her contemporary admirers range from celebrities– Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Rob Lowe – to politicians, including Donald Trump....
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