Opinion

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Collaborators cannot be reduced to single types. Their motivations are varied and can be hard to interpret.

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Research on the Deniliquin structure points to an asteroid impact that would have been more than double the scale of the one that killed the dinosaurs.

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The World Health Organization has classified the EG.5 family of Omicron variants, including Eris, as ‘variants of interest’. What does that mean? And how does Eris differ to other Omicron variants?

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Prosecraft creator Benji Smith believed he was honouring copyright laws while using more than 25,000 books without authors’ consent. 

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We can learn a lot about avoiding and escaping this natural hazard by asking survivors what being caught in a rip is really like.

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The last time an Australian government made housing the homeless a priority was 15 years ago. The Albanese government’s promised plan is a second chance to get it right.

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The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate.

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Worldcoin wants to provide ‘proof of personhood’ in an AI-filled future, but critics and governments are unimpressed.

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Jessica Zhan Mei Yu’s witty, ‘effervescent’ debut novel follows a Sylvia-Plath-loving young Malaysian-Australian writer’s journey to ‘the heart of empire’ in the UK.

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As governments push for longer working lives, workplaces will be need to accommodate long-term health conditions.

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