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Friday 6 November 2026
New partnership to bring Australian-first brain health assessments to veterans
Read more about New partnership to bring Australian-first brain health assessments to veteransThursday 5 November 2026
How self-powered life jackets could turn wave motion into an emergency signal
Read more about How self-powered life jackets could turn wave motion into an emergency signalArticles
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Law, Politics and Society
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem lifted up women everywhere, leaving behind a more gender‑equal world
From an undercover assignment as a Playboy Bunny to a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Gloria Steinem's life helped shape modern feminism
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Arts and Culture
How do you satirise a self‑satirising society? Jordan Prosser gives it a go
In Blue Giant, a reality TV trip-to-Mars novel, Jordan Prosser proves he's a dazzlingly brilliant wordsmith – but is he too clever by half?
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Arts and Culture
Ryan Murphy’s new thriller The Shards takes place in 1981 – but it’s about the present
Bret Easton Ellis' books seem perfect for the screen, but there's an art to translating books like The Shards and American Psycho. Which adaptations worked – or didn't?
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Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
What is a p‑value? An expert explains the most misunderstood number in science
Careers, publications and the credibility of entire fields hinge on a single number that even some scientists misunderstand or find hard to explain.
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Environment and Energy, Research, Science and Technology
This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research
A rare South Australian wattle has been confirmed as a genetically distinct species but new research shows it has lost 98% of its population since 1830.
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Community, Research, Students
UOW maintains its place among the top 200 universities in the world
University of Wollongong has placed 195th globally and 13th in Australia in the QS World University Rankings 2027