‘Pointless killing’:Tangled dolphin at Bondi dies days before shark net removal
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‘Pointless killing’:Tangled dolphin at Bondi dies days before shark net removal

A dolphin that died off Bondi Beach has become an unintended victim of this season’s shark net program.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Australia has a new astronaut. But what would it take to get her to space?
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Australia has a new astronaut. But what would it take to get her to space?

Katherine Bennell-Pegg,who has graduated from the European Space Agency,is the first person to train as an astronaut under the Australian flag.

  • byAngus Dalton
‘Bouncers thought I was drunk’:What it’s like to live with narcolepsy

‘Bouncers thought I was drunk’:What it’s like to live with narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is known as a condition that causes someone to instantly fall asleep,but for sufferers,the impacts are much more varied,and dangerous.

  • byMary Ward
Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

The backlog of cases at a forensic DNA lab has increased to more than 41,000 as Queensland’s opposition calls for a strategy to address the beleaguered service.

  • byFraser Barton
Fake snakes,bricks,sneakers:How Sydneysiders are fighting the cockatoo bin war

Fake snakes,bricks,sneakers:How Sydneysiders are fighting the cockatoo bin war

A world-renowned cockatoo foraging behaviour has spread to the northern beaches. And it’s getting messy.

  • byAngus Dalton
How many lives did COVID vaccines save? Scientists have an estimate

How many lives did COVID vaccines save? Scientists have an estimate

New modelling also reveals Australia’s chronic vaccine delays may have resulted in a life-saving fluke.

  • byAngus Dalton
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The map that reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

The map that reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

The Albanese government is under pressure to cut emissions more quickly after all three regions of the reef suffered extreme bleaching for the first time.

  • byMike Foley
What is it really like to eat lab-grown meat? I’ve just tried

What is it really like to eat lab-grown meat? I’ve just tried

For a few hundred bucks a head,Singapore diners will get an exclusive seven-course menu featuring cultivated meat concocted in Australia.

  • byZach Hope
‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

Tom Oxley came up with his idea for a brain chip while at Melbourne University in the late 2000s. Now his company has attracted some of the richest people in the world as investors.

  • byMatthew Field
The tiny dietary tweak with a giant health impact
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The tiny dietary tweak with a giant health impact

Scientific studies show replacing regular table salt with potassium or “Cinderella” salt could arrest rising rates of cardiovascular disease. But will it work in our processed-food loving culture?

  • byAngus Dalton
‘Like the Day of the Triffids’:How a researcher saved her friend’s life from the ‘monster’ among us

‘Like the Day of the Triffids’:How a researcher saved her friend’s life from the ‘monster’ among us

When Troy complained on Facebook about something weird in his shoulder,one of his friends who took notice was pandemic-famous epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.

  • bySherryn Groch