A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV

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A Place to Call Home/IMDB When the Seven Networks Bevan Lee created the story of James Bligh, a gay man living in 1950s Australia, in A Place to Call Home (201318), it was the culmination of a lifetime of work in...

Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy

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Getty Images Happiness has many social benefits. Happy people tend to be healthier and more successful. They are also more helpful and others often view them more positively, making it easier for them to find companions...

Australia’s rat uprising: footage provides first evidence of native rakali attacking introduced black rat

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Ken Griffiths/Shutterstock An introduced black rat scratches through leaf litter, looking for food. Nearby, a native water rat watches on, its beady eyes shining. The native rat pounces out from the shadows, sending the...

AI agents are here. Here’s what to know about what they can do – and how they can go wrong

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George Peters / Getty Images We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire to greater autonomy and can work...

Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health

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Violeta Stoimenova/Getty When youre sick youll often produce more phlegm, and might notice its thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. What can this phlegm also called mucus, snot, sputum,...

UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target

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The United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, has urged the Australian government to set an ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target, declaring bog standard is beneath you. In a Monday speech,...

Poor mental health often plays a role in adults killing children. But it is primarily about violence

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Recently, two babies died on opposite sides of the country. The first was a seven-month-old boy, found dead after being retrieved from a lake in rural Queensland. A second baby, a six-month-old girl was found dead in...