You Don't Need a PhD to Know You're Not an Accident

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Dodos probably weren’t as stupid as historians made them out to be: new research

Dodo skull scans show the famously extinct birds were no less brainy than their surviving relatives – and may have roamed at dusk and dawn.

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More drivers switching to EVs - ABC listen

More drivers than ever are switching to electric vehicles with almost half of all new vehicles sold in the last three months being electric or hybrid.  Cheaper models and home batteries have helped p...

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Debate rages over how to power data centre boom - ABC listen

One of the big challenges confronting the electricity grid is how to power data centres. The Federal Government is setting up new national rules with the Energy Minister Chris Bowen saying data centre...

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Trump’s vanity battleship exposes AUKUS reactor problem

The planned nuclear-powered Trump-class battleship could place further pressure on already stretched US naval reactor supply chains, adding to doubts about Australia’s chances of receiving Virginia-cl...

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'Defining image' appears on 50-cent coin entering circulation

The Royal Australian Mint is encouraging people to check their change for the new 50-cent coin.

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How a new UN cybercrime treaty could be used to crack down on dissent

Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.

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University racism definitions won’t dismantle racism

The government’s push for universities to adopt racism definitions risks turning anti-racism into compliance policy while leaving structural racism untouched and constraining speech on Palestine.

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Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement

Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested.

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Labor's migration test looks different to Howard's

If stopping asylum seeker boats was the great immigration challenge in decades past, achieving a lower Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure has become the new political test.

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Pauline Hanson was once dubbed ‘queen of the men’s rights movement’. Her 30-year career shows why

As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.

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A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

“According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained.”

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Exposure to pesticides at work could raise risk of ALS, study finds

Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.

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How our new car checklist has changed as cost-of-living pressures bite | The New Daily

Cost-of-living pressures are changing how Australians buy cars, with affordable EVs, fuel savings and value becoming bigger priorities.

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These Traditional Owners just had a big win for water and culture in the High Court

The native title holders argued the project threatened sacred sites, cultural survival and a fragile desert water system.

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Australia’s federation has survived 125 years of economic shocks

Australia’s economic history shows that major shocks often come from overseas, but better policy settings over the past three decades have helped keep unemployment, inflation and debt under greater co...

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Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases.

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High Court finds secret recording can be used as evidence in domestic violence case

Recordings of private conversations are usually illegal, and experts say the ruling is a major milestone for survivors.

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Iran claims breakthrough in new route through Hormuz

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What I saw in the West Bank

Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight, enabled by impunity and a lack of international political will.

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A New Peer-Reviewed How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.”

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Ancient bone-crunching Territory thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs

An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the Alcoota fossil beds north-east of Alice Springs.

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Artists from remote Australia among winners at prestigious fashion awards

A unique partnership between a remote Northern Territory women's centre and an art studio in India has been recognised at in this year's prestigious National Indigenous Fashion Awards.

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Leviticus 9: God's people need to be different from those around them

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When this photo was posted online the racist commentary began

A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and people with lived experience of racism.

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NAPLAN reveals the widening gap between city and country students - ABC listen

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

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Murder accused to remain in custody as lawyers struggle to find suitable bail location

A 20-year-old man charged with murder will remain in custody for at least another month after the Northern Territory Supreme Court again adjourned his bail application because lawyers were unable to f...

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Labor MP Luke Gosling set to be prosecuted for assault by Commonwealth DPP

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is set to take over the case against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling, to avoid a perceived conflict of interest within the Northern Territory Director of...

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Court clears way for sexual harassment complaint against ex-NT judge

The Federal Court has ruled sexual harassment allegations against a former NT Supreme Court judge can proceed, rejecting an argument that too much time had passed since the alleged conduct more than a...

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Finger pointed at social media amid racism 'public health emergency'

Indigenous leaders warn online racism is damaging young generations, calling on all social media users and publishers to take responsibility for hurtful comments.

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