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If Facebook Pulls News From its Australian Sites, We’ll Have a Much Less Compelling Product
Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay for news becomes law. The announcement follows the release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s draft news media bargaining code, under which Google and…
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Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle Can Be Key to Achieving Exercise Goals
It’s pretty normal to feel full of energy for exercise some days, and as though you can’t be bothered on other days. For women, there’s a physiological explanation behind this. While men’s hormone levels do change over a lifetime, day-to-day they remain quite stable. Women, however, experience fluctuating levels of sex hormones daily. Scientists haven’t…
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Is Mathematics Real? A Viral TikTok Video Raises a Legitimate Question with Exciting Answers
While filming herself getting ready for work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: How could someone come up with a concept like algebra? She also asked what the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras might have used mathematics for, and other questions that…
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When Bushfires Meet Old Septic Tanks, a Disease Outbreak is Only a Matter of Time
The Royal Commission into the summer fires is an opportunity to start seriously reconsidering our built environment. We need to prepare for accelerating climate change, our changing natural landscape and future natural disasters. This should include reassessing our building standards and building codes. While the bushfire Royal Commission is working through many of these issues,…