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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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6 Reasons 2023 Could Be a Very Good Year for Climate Action
Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has described them as “blah blah blah” moments – grossly inadequate and too often hijacked by fossil fuel producers who would like the world to keep buying their main exports. Look more closely. The…
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Turns Out We’ve Been Making New Year’s Resolutions For 4,000 Years
As we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures is the setting of new year resolutions. New year represents a significant temporal milestone in the calendar when many people set new goals for the year ahead. Here in Australia, over 70% of men and women (over 14 million Australians) are reported…
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Are They Making Bread? Why Do Cats Knead?
“Kneading” is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time. This massaging action, named for its resemblance to kneading dough, is repeated rhythmically. You may have spotted your cat kneading and wondered how on Earth they developed such a behaviour. So, why do cat’s knead?…