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Tuesday 9 December 2025
UOW to lead new $72M ARC Centre of Excellence for Renewable Fuels
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Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago
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Truth to power: how podcasts are getting political
Podcasts are becoming a powerful socio-political force: from crime to social justice, they are changing the debate on some of the key issues of our times.
Can our cities’ thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?
At first glance, old industrial sites, like the one in Carrington Street, Marrickville, don’t look like much. But they provide vital spaces for creative precincts to flourish.
From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention
Each time you watch sport on a flatscreen television, or send a message by touching your smartphone screen, give thanks to an unsung hero of the periodic table: boron.
Dry winter primes Sydney Basin for early start of bushfire season
It might feel like the depths of winter, but Australian fire services are preparing for an early start to the bushfire season.
Governors gone wild: Mexico faces a “lost generation” of corrupt leaders
During the colonial period, the Spanish Americas were governed under the 14th-century formula, “Obedézcase, pero no se cumpla”: obey, but do not comply.
Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years
The question of when people first arrived in Australia has been the subject of lively debate among archaeologists, and one with important consequences for the global story of human evolution.