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Aussie Aussie Aussie!
The 2023 Australian of the Year Award will be announced on 25 January. We examine how this annual honour has reflected the spirit of the times over seven decades.
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Using drones to spot beach-bound sharks
Ongoing tests show drones are an effective way to spot sharks that wander too close to busy beaches.
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OPINION: The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature
Here’s why Australia did us proud.
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The photos you loved most in 2022
The stories behind the photos that ran riot on our social feeds this year.
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Discovery identifies Australia as birthplace of all modern mammals
Research has uncovered evidence that the evolution of mammals began in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere, challenging hundreds of years of scientific dogma.
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Snakes have clitorises
Snakes have clitorises, and we have a full anatomical description of them for the first time. “But why is this important?” we hear you ask.
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‘This was a star that lived fast and died young’: James Webb Space Telescope images show a star’s murder scene
The first images of a nebula from the James Webb Telescope gave astronomers remarkable insights into the death of the star that created these beautiful haloes of gas and dust.
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“Another world entirely”: 16 hours to the South Pole and back
The first commercial scenic flight (direct from Australia) to the South Pole takes you to “another world entirely”.
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Oldest DNA ever found reveals a vanished world 2 million years old
New DNA, more than a million years older than the previous record, is helping researchers study molecules that were made inside plants and animals 2 million years ago, opening a new window into the history of life on Earth.
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A year in the field: AG photographers on assignment in 2022
Australia is an extraordinary place and the photographers who capture it aren’t too shabby either! Here we celebrate their exceptional and insightful work throughout 2022.