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Coronavirus Lessons From Past Crises: How WWI And WWII Spurred Scientific Innovation In Australia
In the wake of COVID-19, we’re seeing intense international competition for urgently-needed supplies including personal protection equipment and ventilators. In Australia, this could extend to other critical imports such as pharmaceuticals and medicines. And when our manufacturing sector can’t fill unexpected breaks in supply chains, we all face risk.
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Here’s What We’ve Learned From 4 Other Global Pandemics Throughout History
The course of human history has been shaped by infectious diseases, and the current crisis certainly won’t be the last time.
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Hundreds Of Bottles Of Toxic Beer Found Hidden Beneath Victorian-Era Staircase
Archaeologists in Leeds, England discovered more than 600 beer bottles at the site of an old Victorian brewery. Stacked neatly beneath a cellar staircase, the beer inside these 19th-century bottles contains dangerous concentrations of lead.
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Plagues Follow Bad Leadership In Ancient Greek Tales
In the fifth century B.C., the playwright Sophocles begins “Oedipus Tyrannos“ with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his own bad leadership.)