Reading alone, together is all the rage at book doofs and reading parties. What makes it social?
Silent reading events donβt ask readers to choose between solitude and connection. They offer both.
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How does a honeybee stinger actually pump venom? First-ever video shows it in action
The stinger is effectively a fully autonomous micro-pump, but it works in an unusual way.
▶️ Watch →Deadly fungi are harming Australiaβs wild reptiles. This is how to stop the spread
People who love Australiaβs reptiles could unwittingly carry deadly fungal diseases from one animal to another. But this is easy to prevent.
Read full article βOver 40 years ago, a mystery vigilante released a fungus to control blackberry in Australia. But why?
Blackberries have long been a problem for Australian farmers and bushwalkers. But who would have illegally released a fungus as a biological control?
Read full article βHow a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the USβ death penalty history
Two death penality cases in the US have shocked the world: one for being botched and the other for possibly being made public.
▶️ Watch →The pope has a lung nodule. What does this mean? And whatβs the risk of cancer?
The 71-year-old Pope said the growth in his lung was βwell containedβ and spotted early.
Read full article βWhat can free-living Indian street dogs teach us about how to care for pet dogs?
A group of Western dog behaviour experts went to India to see how street dogs live. What they learnt raised questions for them over what…
Read full article βLa Bola Negra is about the Spanish Civil War β but is unmistakably about our present moment
Set across 1932, 1937 and 2017, new Spanish film La Bola Negra follows three gay men whose lives become connected across generations.
▶️ Watch →Whatβs in a name? Enough to ensnare Australia, NZ and PNG in a legal battle over the rugby team name βChiefsβ
The impact of the court case could have far-reaching ramifications across the Pacific.
Read full article βThis economist believes the system is broken. Maybe she has a point
Mazzucato is better at critiquing current economies than describing a plausible path to better ones.
Read full article βConservation parks donβt have to be vast β as one tiny grasshopper reminds us
The Murray Mallee matchstick is a newly discovered grasshopper species from northwestern Victoria.
Read full article βFunny money is coming for data centres. It should be setting off GFC-style alarm bells
Tech companies like Firmus need massive debt to deliver the promised AI revolution. Meanwhile, companies like Amazon are getting creative to offload debt from their…
Read full article βThe Snoop: Newsroom snark, Trumpβs insults for his own voters, and more
Plus: Mega-rich super-genius Elon Musk has happily posted his address online. The post The Snoop: Newsroom snark, Trumpβs insults for his own voters, and more…
Read full article βAmanda Curtin imagines fragile acts of care among the homeless in Paris
The authorβs novel, Six Days, examines what people owe one another and what happens when those obligations are ignored.
Read full article βIs NZβs foreign policy βrealismβ working? Why the next government faces a real choice
Winston Peters says New Zealand foreign policy should address βthe world as it is, not how we wish it would beβ. But how viable is…
Read full article βAll hail Skydance, the newest mouthpiece for billionaire media owners
Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery have finally tied the knot in a US$111 billion merger. Expect the right-wing noise machine to get a whole lot…
Read full article βAll hail Skydance, the newest mouthpiece for right-wing billionaires
Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery have finally tied the knot in a US$111 billion merger. Expect the right-wing noise machine to get a whole lot…
Read full article βWelcome to the ErsatzenttΓ€uschung: the melancholy of the unreal
As Freud mused, the more we are oriented in the world of real things, the less purchase the uncanny has on us. In the era…
Read full article βLabor and the Greens improve in Newspoll and Resolve and One Nation drops
Despite another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank, the Labor governmentβs polling has improved.
Read full article βAngus Taylor is a phony anti-immigration thumper, and history shows it wonβt work
A party with a plausible response to One Nation wouldn't need to parrot their immigration talking points. But alas... The post Angus Taylor is a…
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