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Research and innovation in the spotlight at ýapp National Science Week events
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The renowned statistician making sense of a changing planet
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The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record
How do freedivers delay a basic human survival response and how was Vitomir Maričić able to hold his breath 60 times longer than most people?
From Lahore to Sydney, a Muslim feminist’s debut novel rebels against the suffocation of safety
The genre of migrant autofiction, especially coming-of-age work, is blooming, but Raaza Jamshed’s book stands out.
A dreamscape of transcendental potential: Rhett Davis’ Arborescence is at once terrifying and bewitching
Davis addresses all the big-ticket concerns of our time: artificial intelligence, ecological disaster, societal decay, colonial culpability and overconsumption
Could a ‘cortisol cocktail’ really reduce stress and boost energy?
Proponents claim the drink can lower high cortisol levels and help with “adrenal fatigue”
Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers
Higher profits lifts farmland prices but those higher prices eventually squeeze profitability, with serious implications for farm business viability
This stone tool is over 1 million years old
How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?