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The fairy ring mystery, solved

A team of Australian scientists may have answered the nagging question of how fairy rings form.

These arid-zone mammals are tougher than they look, surviving in some of Australia’s harshest conditions.

It’s an unlikely marriage, but a spiky native Australian grass could give us stronger, thinner condoms.

For 600 generations, the resilient Pila Nguru people have inhabited one of Australia’s harshest environments.