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26 September 2019

A landmark report confirms Australia is girt by hotter, higher seas

But there’s still time to act.

Much more than milk and bread

The corner store revival can rebuild neighbourhood ties.

Ooshies – a cautionary toy story about cashing in on innocence

Harmless collectable fun or something more sinister?

State of the states: Tasmania

Will Whelan disendorsement make a difference in Tasmania? Richard Eccleston weighs in for The Conversation.

13 February 2019

Ten recent 'world's best guitarist' lists: where are the women?

Who is currently regarded as the greatest guitarist of all time? It’s a hard question to answer but plenty have tried.

10 September 2018

Can you tell fact from fiction in the news?

Most students can't.

The real cost of ocean acidification

A challenge for science, governments, and communities.

Reviving an original Tasmanian language

How Tasmania’s Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani.

The role of ring trees

The ring trees of Victoria’s Watti Watti people are an extraordinary part of our heritage.

Gaming or gambling?

Study shows almost half of loot boxes in video games constitute gambling.

‘Honey, I shrunk the store’

Why your local supermarket is getting smaller.

Hobart’s poorer suburbs are missing out on the ‘MONA effect’

Dr Kate Booth shares her thoughts on MONA's growing influence.

Australian fish population decreasing

A drop by a third over ten years, study finds.

Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition

Increased tourism in Iceland is bringing attention to controversial practices like whaling.

Now the real work begins

Now that Malaysia has a new government, the real work begins reforming the country.

Trouble in paradise

Eruptions from Kīlauea volcano place the Hawaiian island on red alert.

What city planners can learn from Hobart’s floods

Lessons in resilience.

Federal Budget 2018: a state-by-state spending analysis

What does the budget mean for your state? Experts from around the country give their analysis.

Avoidable deaths caused by fake malaria drugs

The rise of counterfeit drugs.

Captured! Rare ‘glitch’ in a pulsar’s regular pulsing beat

Radio Telescope captures glitch in the Vela Pulsar.