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13 February 2020

A stamp of approval for legendary sports commentators...

...but only the male ones.

12 February 2020

Dog's plane death shows how climate change complicates pet ownership

How will climate change affect our pets?

12 February 2020

Women of colour in science face a subtly hostile work environment

‘Death by a thousand cuts’.

12 February 2020

Early exposure to infections doesn’t protect against allergies...

...but getting into nature might.

12 February 2020

Why should my child take swimming lessons?

And what do they need to know?

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?

Science on the "pulse" of volcano eruptions

The ‘pulse’ of a volcano can be used to help predict its next eruption.

State of the states: Tasmania

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

Greening our cities to help ageing Australians beat the heat

The risk of extreme heat events and the adverse impacts on older people has been extensively discussed in research.

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.

29 November 2018

Tassie devils’ decline has left a feast of carrion for feral cats

The decline of Tasmanian devils is having an unusual knock-on effect: animal carcasses would once have been gobbled up in short order by devils are now taking many days longer to disappear.

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.