All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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The First Chapter of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries Kicks Off a Magical, If Freezing, Adventure
Fans of Heather Fawcett’s YA and middle-grade books (including Even the Darkest Stars and The School Between Winter and Fairyland) won’t be surprised to hear her adult debut, due out in January, keeps within that same fantastical vein — though its characters are early 20th century academics rather than kids on quests.
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Scientists Found Microplastics in People’s Blood for the First Time
New evidence indicates that tiny bits of plastics can reach our bloodstream. A small study detected microplastics in about 80% of the people tested. For now, the health implications of this exposure are still unclear.
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Geophysicists Mapped the ‘Plumbing’ That Feeds Yellowstone’s Famous Hot Springs
A team of geophysicists recently strung a large wire loop from a helicopter and flew over Yellowstone National Park in order to see its hidden underground networks. They managed to collect a trove of data that highlighted electrical and magnetic properties of the water and earth under the park, as well as how the hot…
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Telstra Has Announced a New Carbon Farming Initiative to Help Offset Its Emissions
Urgent action is needed to slow down the warming of the globe. The recent IPCC report released by the UN has highlighted how human-induced climate change is leading to more extreme events, losses and damages to nature and people. And while it’s important we all take personal steps to temper each of our own carbon…