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One of These Underrated Animals Should Be Australia’s 2032 Olympic Mascot
Australia is set to host the 2032 Olympic games in Queensland’s capital Brisbane, captivating an audience of billions. With so many eyes on Australia, the burning question is, of course, what animal(s) should be the official mascot(s) of the games, and why? Summer Olympics past have featured recognisable animal mascots such as Waldi the daschund…
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3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Fear Sea Pancakes aka Stingrays
To beat the summer heat, many of us in the Southern Hemisphere are hitting the beach – and this raises our chances of encountering potentially dangerous marine life beneath the waves. So should we be worried about stingrays? You might still think so, even if it’s been 16 years since the death of wildlife icon…
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What It’s Like to Buy and Use a Steam Deck in Australia
The Steam Deck spent most of 2022 not-so-quietly revolutionising the world of PC gaming. To be more accurate, the world where it was available. To date, Australia has been officially locked out of the Steam Deck, one of 2022’s biggest gaming stories. Despite repeated attempts to get details out of Steam Deck maker Valve, there…
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Why Was Cleopatra the Most-Viewed Page on Wikipedia in 2022?
At the end of every year, I gather statistics on the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year. This helps me, a computational social scientist, understand what topics captured the most attention and gives me a chance to reflect on the major public events of the year. I try to use data to determine how…