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Demolishing homes after climate disasters can be devastating. Here’s how we reused precious materials

Following the devastating Northern Rivers floods in New South Wales in 2022, roughly 14,000 truckloads of water-damaged materials were sent to landfill.

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How Silicon Valley misreads The Lord of the Rings

On October 30 2025, the Department of Homeland Security in the United States posted a Tolkien meme. It pictured Merry Brandybuck – one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s four hobbit protagonists in The Lord of the Rings – speaking to another hobbit Pippin at the climax of The Two Towers, the second…

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Do mandatory body cameras actually reduce police brutality?

In early June, an ABC Four Corners investigation into NSW Police showcased first-hand accounts of police using excessive force against the public.

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The government is reforming child support. Here’s what’s changing – and what’s been missed

Many parts of the federal government’s budget have been hotly debated in recent weeks.

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Is milk good or bad for kids? And how much dairy do they actually need?

If you follow child nutrition content on social media, you’re bound to be confused when it comes to giving your kids milk. Some influencers claim you should avoid milk at all costs, for fear it could cause asthma, allergies or digestive problems. Others say your child probably isn’t drinking enough.

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A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia – new study

We’re used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain, and sometimes even frogs (yes, really). All of these relate to weather phenomena.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: pollster Simon Welsh on One Nation’s rise and Victoria’s ‘very messy’ election

Yet another poll and yet another result showing Pauline Hanson’s One Nation ahead of Labor at a national level, with the Coalition way behind.

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How can we make buildings more resilient before – and after – earthquakes? We put one solution to the test

This week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble.

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The market moves before Trump posts

It has long been the case that when a US President speaks, financial markets react.

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Astronomers found a galaxy in the throes of death – and they know what’s killing it

At the start of cosmic history, galaxies were big clouds of gas, and they grew by turning that gas into stars. If a galaxy runs out of gas, it will stop forming stars and die.

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The ‘Divine Ponytail’, drug scandals and the OJ Simpson chase: looking back at the 1994 US World Cup

As the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – to be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States throughout June and July – many sports fans have been looking back to 1994, the last time it was hosted in North America.

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The Social Security trust fund will run dry in 2032 – what that means for retirees and workers who hope to retire

Every year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social Security and Medicare publishes its annual financial report. And every year, its members make clear that the programs’ reserves will be exhausted by the time Gen X retires – meaning they will no longer be able to pay full scheduled…

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Breathing two-billion-year old air: MONA’s Hard Core is an artistic journey through deep time

The structure of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is cut directly into Hobart’s Berriedale Peninsula – walls carved from roughly 250-million-year-old sandstone that formed when Tasmania was still part of the supercontinent Gondwana.

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I don’t want to kill the spiders, ants and other bugs in my house. What should I do instead?

We’ve all been there: just as you’re about to fall asleep, you notice a huntsman spider on the ceiling. Or you walk into your kitchen and find a long trail of ants snaking into your pantry.

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Does the body really ‘keep the score’ after trauma? How the debunked idea of ‘repressed memories’ is making a comeback

Have you heard someone say online or in casual conversation, when responding to someone’s struggles, “well, the body keeps the score”?

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Reform is hard. Albanese and Chalmers need to stay the course

Do Australians really want reform? It’s a reasonable question to ask as the Albanese government weathers trenchant attacks on its recent federal budget.

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Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come

The world’s hottest years over the past decade have coincided with stagnant economic productivity, rising prices and geopolitical instability.

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As SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic plan blockbuster launches, will it make AI giants more accountable?

A huge change is coming to the world’s booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector.

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Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN’s global forest goals

While many people tacitly appreciate the intrinsic and aesthetic value forests and trees provide, governments and policymakers have struggled to take firm action to protect the Earth’s forests.

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Glucosamine supplements may speed memory loss from Alzheimer’s, new research shows

People with Alzheimer’s disease who took the common supplement glucosamine were 25% more likely to die within five years than those who didn’t. That’s the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Nature Metabolism.

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A day at the museum: How to follow kids’ leads to support curiosity across generations

As the school year winds down and families start planning summer activities, possibly anticipating those inevitable rainy days, I have found myself returning to a simple but powerful joy: sharing museum experiences with young children.

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Is soccer taking over America … or are Americans taking over football?

Soccer purists have long feared the “Americanization” of the game. But in one key respect, it is already happening: ownership.

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Nasa names Artemis III crew, but a rocket explosion has thrown US Moon plans into turmoil

Nasa has named the crew of its next Artemis mission, which it promised would be an “extraordinary demonstration of what is possible”. Artemis is the ambitious American-led effort to return humans to the lunar surface by 2028.

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When men take parental leave, their careers may benefit — but women’s do not

Parental leave policies in Canada are designed for both parents, but fathers use them at roughly half the rate of mothers. From 2012 to 2017, Statistics Canada found 88 per cent of mothers took maternity leave, parental leave or a combination of the two, compared with 46 per cent of…

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The 2026 World Cup is around the corner, but where is FIFA’s child safeguarding policy?

On March 19, 2026, FIFA released its first comprehensive safeguarding policy, serving as a permanent, institutional and global framework. The policy is meant to outline a “duty of care,” through five operational pillars, including “safeguarding during competitions” and ensuring that children and adults can safely participate in the game in…

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