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New Research Shows Microplastics Have Now Reached Our Brains

Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health.

2024-08-29 06:10

Microplastics Detected Infiltrating Human Brains For The First Time

Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers.

2024-08-29 02:33

Fumar durante el embarazo podría provocar un menor rendimiento académico de los niños

Fumar durante el embarazo podría provocar que los hijos tengan un menor rendimiento académico en la escuela, según ha señalado una revisión de estudios realizada por investigadores de la Universidad del Sur de Australia junto con un equipo de la Universidad d…

2024-08-28 12:23

Inattention is rife in politics — and if you're not careful, your opponent will steal your lines

The US and UK elections this year are proving to be significant flex points, and that has consequences for us in Australia. But it also shows how clear values are the only workable response to chaos.

2024-08-27 19:00

View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers switches to attack dog but the style could bite him later

Delivering the Curtin Oration this week, Chalmers said Dutton was “the most divisive leader of a major political party in Australia’s modern history – and not by accident, by choice”.

2024-08-27 06:03

Chalmers ramps up attacks on 'dangerous' and 'divisive' Dutton

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has accused the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of deliberately and "pathologically" seeking to divide the nation after two weeks of heated debate over Gaza visas.

2024-08-26 22:26

Dutton ‘most divisive leader in history’: Chalmers

The treasurer has spectacularly attacked the opposition leader, calling him 'pathologically' divisive, and new research highlights how much gambling addicts turn to crime to fund their habit. The post Dutton ‘most divisive leader in history’: Chalmers appear…

2024-08-26 21:02

Researchers start first low frequency search for alien technology in distant galaxies

The SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research announced a study using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Western Australia. Led by Dr. Chenoa Tremblay of the SETI Institute and Prof. Steven…

2024-08-26 19:27

First low frequency search for alien technology in distant galaxies

Researchers have announced a groundbreaking study using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Western Australia. The research is the first to search for signs of alien technology in galaxies beyond our own, focusing on low radio frequencies (100 MHz). This n…

2024-08-26 17:13

Politicians under fire for false social media posts about invasive beetle

The Shire of Harvey admits to mistakenly saying it had detected shot-hole borers in its local government area, a species that has killed thousands of trees across Perth.

2024-08-26 10:17