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Opinion: What is hand, foot and mouth disease?

As a new parent, I’ve become acutely aware of every person in the vicinity of my daughter who has the slightest sniffle or looks vaguely unwell.


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Opinion: Uncivil wars? Political lies are far more dangerous than Twitter pile-ons

As Trump supporters call for civil war and American institutions of law and government teeter on the brink, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens propose that the problem underlying this crisis is the loss of civility itself.


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Opinion: More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have ear and hearing problems – and it’s easy to mistake for bad behaviour

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experience ear disease (fluid build ups, perforated eardrums and ear infections that can impair hearing) more frequently than most populations in the world.


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Opinion: This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests

Golden-tipped bats are peculiar creatures. By night, they hunt the understorey for orb-weaving spiders, plucking them carefully from their sticky webs.


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Opinion: Not all of us have access to safe drinking water. This clever rainwater collector can change that

Access to clean drinking water is fundamental to our health and wellbeing, and a universal human right.


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Opinion: Les Murray said his autism shaped his poetry – his late poems offer insights into his creative process

These differences in word association are one reason that Les Murray identified autism as “the part of my brain […] which is mostly the part my poetry comes from”.


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Opinion: Outer space is not the “Wild West”: There are clear rules for peace and war

he release of the first images taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will inspire generations with the infinite possibilities that outer space holds.


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Opinion: Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky

Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky.



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