Beyond the garage: How important are spaces to business creation?

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Cities, and on a smaller scale, neighbourhoods and meeting places, play a significant role in promoting innovation. (Shutterstock) There is an enduring myth that many technological innovations have come out of garages,...

A potential $110B economic hit: How Trump’s tariffs could mean rising costs for families, strain for states

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A worker at a steel company in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on Feb. 11, 2025. Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images Get ready to pay more for avocados, maple syrup and well almost everything. The U.S. officially...

Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return

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For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could and did burn. In 1666, a fire in a bakery went on to destroy two-thirds of the city of London, leaving 85% of...

Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up

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After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons became restricted and a national gun...

What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot

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If you head to the shops to buy bread, youll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might have a vague idea that wholemeal or...

AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help

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How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambies voice with her permission using an easily accessible online...

Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before it makes landfall. As of...