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Tuesday 9 December 2025

UOW to lead new $72M ARC Centre of Excellence for Renewable Fuels

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Tuesday 9 December 2025

Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago

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Bob Santamaria, 'the most significant' figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament

Bob Santamaria knew four Australian prime ministers. Is he the most significant figure in Australian politics never to have held office?

New shows tell our isolation stories on screen – making the most of what's at hand

Tinkering with whatever is at hand to produce media content reflects the emergence of “bricolage” culture into the mainstream.

Fight for freedom: new research to map violence in the forgotten conflict in West Papua

To bring attention to the renewed conflict in West Papua, Australian researchers are going back decades to document incidents of violence in a new mapping project.

Miss Fisher and her fans: how a heroine on Australia's small screen became a global phenomenon

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is the most successful export for Australian TV dramas over the past five years. What is it about Miss Fisher that has inspired such fandom?

Marketing, not medicine: Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit

Netflix’s new show fails to critically explore the alternative therapies it promotes.

Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it

Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem.